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Drug overdose: Medical marijuana facing a backlash
Angry backlash against spreading dispensaries leads to new regulations

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With Axis Residential Treatment you will quickly discover that their main goal is to get permanent sobriety with their patients. With our Los Angeles drug and alcohol rehabilitation center we are prepared to offer you compassion and each treatment will be designed to meet each individuals needs. You will be associated with highly qualified medical doctors willing to dedicate their time to assist you to free yourself from any dependence that has been developed finding you a solution that will meet your needs and lifestyle so you can fully recover. You can find treatment for various alcohol and drug rehabilitation including: • Prescription Pills • Opiates • Cocaine • Heroin • Crack • Crystal meth • Marijuana • And much more… Don’t feel like you can’t be cured because addiction is just a disorder that can be cured with a little assistance and treatment. With a little help from Axis you can find yourself getting treatments that have been tailored towards your individualized addiction allowing you to learn how to control the addiction and live a normal and active life like you did before. The treatment will first begin with detoxification that will be done is a safe and confidential environment at our Axis center. Then the client will slowly be freed from the use of the additive used by gradually lowering the dosage of drug intake which will lead to stopping drug consumption entirely. For family members wanting to be involved throughout the process they are more than welcome and encouraged to become a part of the process and be with their family member throughout their stay with us. Various Treatment Options Available for Individualized Care:• Medical Care – offers extensive examination to develop a recovery schedule. Includes counseling, therapy, medical attention and treatment. • Extended Care – ability to take part in regular daily routine of work (for clients not requiring detoxification). May take longer to complete entire program, but will gradually allow person to defeat their addiction. • After Care – assists people who want to prevent relapse of their addiction with assistance from Axis medical doctors. • Residential Treatment – treatment within a home like environment with assisted care by professional help during the entire stay. With each individual having treatment designed around their needs our drug rehabilitation programs offered at Axis are effective and compassionate from beginning to end. There is much included within your treatments including: • Behavioral therapy • Counseling • Psychotherapy • Group interaction • Family union activities To assist with symptoms from withdrawals and cravings we offer medication to assist through these stages to assist in blocking the effects that the detoxification from drugs will have. Our Axis Residential Treatment team believes that we can achieve real recovery results that will allow you to be free of your chemical dependencies, educate you how you can rebuild your life, restore those lost family connections, and one of the best things attain a long term sobriety.

6 sentenced in pharmacist-supplied drug ring
MUSKOGEE, OK – A six-year investigation into a multi-state drug ring with Texoma ties involving a former pharmacist concluded this week. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Muskogee says five Oklahoma men have been sentenced.

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Hair sample drug testing is a great way to detect whether or not a person has used drugs in the past 90 days. Hair sample drug test is efficient in determining an individualâ??s drug use history when compared with other drug tests because trace amounts of drug chemicals become trapped inside cortex of each hair. The presence of drugs in hair is based on a simple principle. Drugs that are ingested circulate in a person’s bloodstream that nourishes developing hair follicles. A simple lab test can detect these trace chemicals making for either a positive or negative test result.Hair Follicle Drug Test:

Hair drug screen is the method for detecting drugs in hair using enzyme-immunoassay (EIA). EIA measures the drug molecules in the hair, which were deposited into the hair follicle after the drug was used. The five drug classes mandated by the Federal Government for hair drug testing are: Cocaine (Cocaine & Benzoylecgonine), Marijuana (THC), Opiates (Codeine, Morphine & 6- Monacteyl Morphine), Methamphetamine (Meth, Amphetamine & Ecstasy) and Phencyclidine (PCP).

Before the hair follicle drug test is actually started, the shell of the hair strands is stripped away to eliminate any external contaminants. The sensitivity levels for hair follicle drug test are different for the drug tested. The sensitivity levels for the hair follicle drug test are measured in terms of Pico grams per Milliliter (pg/ml). The cutoff level for Marijuana metabolite class is 1 pg/ml. where as for Opiates class it is 500 pg/ml. The other three classes Cocaine metabolite, Phencyclidine (PCP) and Amphetamines/Methamphetamine MDMA (Ecstasy) have sensible levels at 300 pg/ml.Advantages of Hair Follicle Drug Test:

An illegal drugs substance abuser may abstain from using drugs for 3 days to 2 weeks prior to applying for a job. With traditional drug testing, there is a good chance that the applicants will test negative and then start using again once they are hired in. There is also the chance of adulterating the specimen. Companies that implement hair follicular drug testing can be relieved to know that this is not possible with hair testing. Abstaining or adulterating the specimen cannot beat hair tests.

Employee drug testing programs often incorporate hair follicle drug testing into their plans because of the sheer accuracy of these tests. Likewise, hair follicle drug testing does not involve the embarrassing collection of samples like that of urine or saliva drug tests. In most cases, a few strands of hair are all that is needed to obtain accurate results.

Statistics show a dangerous trend in prescription drug abuse, particularly among teens. In Arizona, the local office of the DEA announced this week that Phoenix high school students abuse prescription drugs more than hard drugs like cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine. Police in West Virginia announced yesterday that 75% of teens at one middle school have been exposed to prescription drug abuse. And a story earlier this week pointed out that sixty percent of Wisconsin teenagers have access to controlled substances in and around their homes and 20 percent of them have abused them to get high. Only yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced plans to reduce the risks of illicit use of pain medication, citing a 2007 survey showing that in one month, 5.2 million Americans aged 12 or older used prescription pain meds for non-medical purposes.

Because Scientology churches around the world carry out grass roots activities to help youth make informed choices about drugs, the Church of Scientology International became aware of the serious threat prescription drug abuse presents to today’s youth and created a public service announcement to raise awareness of the problem to help reverse this trend. This edgy 1-minute video impacts teens, exposing the lie that prescription drug abuse is “safe” or “trendy” by showing its fatal consequences.

This video is one of a series of 16 public service films produced by the Church of Scientology for the non-profit Foundation for a Drug-Free World. Graphically illustrating the effects of commonly abused substances, the films also target alcohol, meth, heroin cocaine, crack, marijuana and Ecstasy, in addition to prescription drug abuse.

These films are part of a series of educational materials provided by the Foundation include booklets, posters and other teaching aids, created by the Church of Scientology for educators, youth groups and government institutions.

Last week, thousands of football fans converging on Tampa for the Super Bowl watched two of these anti-drug films throughout the weekend. These public service announcements appeared hourly alongside celebrity interviews, sports highlights, previews and local news on two super-screens (120 and 400 square feet) erected in Ybor City and Channelside Florida by the London-based outdoor broadcasting pioneer Hill Davenport.

All sixteen of these anti-drug films can be viewed on the Scientology web site at www.scientology.org.