NewsTalk 1290 News & Talk of Texoma » drugs http://newstalk1290.com Fri, 17 May 2013 20:42:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Do You Agree With the Oklahoma Welfare Drug Testing Law? [POLL] http://newstalk1290.com/oklahoma-welfare-drug-testing-law/ http://newstalk1290.com/oklahoma-welfare-drug-testing-law/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:28:15 +0000 Aaron Galloway http://klaw.com/?p=139692 A new law in Oklahoma requiring welfare recipients to pass a drug screen or lose their benefits was passed back in May 2012 and went into effect on November 1, 2012. Adults who apply in Oklahoma to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program will be denied benefits if they fail the drug test or refuse to submit to screening.

The original bill was pass

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/oklahoma-welfare-drug-testing-law/feed/ 0 New Study Finds That Brazil Is the Leading Crack-Cocaine Market http://newstalk1290.com/new-study-finds-that-brazil-is-the-leading-crack-cocaine-market/ http://newstalk1290.com/new-study-finds-that-brazil-is-the-leading-crack-cocaine-market/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:55:04 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=140092 The world might be a giant asylum of soul-sucking gutter junkies fighting for their next meal on the excruciating edge of a devil-sharp machete, as new research pinpoints crack-cocaine usage in the millions, with Brazil the world’s leading a speed-freak society.

According to a recent study conducted by the Federal University of Sao Paulo, about six million adult Brazilians have tried cocaine products, as have nearly 442,000 of the country’s young people.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/new-study-finds-that-brazil-is-the-leading-crack-cocaine-market/feed/ 0 David McNew, Getty Images Drug Raids Result in Multiple Arrests http://newstalk1290.com/drug-raids-result-in-multiple-arrests/ http://newstalk1290.com/drug-raids-result-in-multiple-arrests/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:12:53 +0000 Mike Hendren http://newstalk1290.com/?p=59762 Wichita County Sheriff's Office makes multiple arrests in raids

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/drug-raids-result-in-multiple-arrests/feed/ 0 FDA Approves Truvada to Help Prevent HIV Infections in Healthy Individuals http://newstalk1290.com/truvada-hiv-infections/ http://newstalk1290.com/truvada-hiv-infections/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:46:21 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=122505 On Monday, the FDA approved a groundbreaking drug called Truvada, the first medication shown to prevent HIV in people who have sex with those infected with the virus that causes AIDS.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/truvada-hiv-infections/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Teen at Center of Colossal Drug Ring That Netted $20K a Month Busted By Police http://newstalk1290.com/teen-drug-ring-police/ http://newstalk1290.com/teen-drug-ring-police/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:02:47 +0000 Camilla Turner http://tsminteractive.com/?p=122454 An undercover investigation in Ohio has led to the shocking revelation that a 17-year-old is at the center of a huge drug ring that brings in up to $20,000 per month.

And here you thought it was tough for teens to find a summer job.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/teen-drug-ring-police/feed/ 0 Thinkstock Can Sunscreen Be Considered a Drug? http://newstalk1290.com/can-sunscreen-be-considered-a-drug/ http://newstalk1290.com/can-sunscreen-be-considered-a-drug/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:33:29 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=117144 Last week, a mom in Tacoma, WA. went public after her fair-skinned young daughters came home from an all-day field trip badly sunburned because teachers weren’t allowed to provide them with sunscreen.

Now the policies that led to the incident are being re-examined.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/can-sunscreen-be-considered-a-drug/feed/ 0 booleansplit, Flickr When Should Kids With ADHD Start Taking Medication? http://newstalk1290.com/kids-adhd-medication/ http://newstalk1290.com/kids-adhd-medication/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:45:55 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=114994 Medicating children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is seen as controversial in some circles, but a new study suggests kids who start taking the drugs as young as 4 years old may do better academically than those who start in middle school.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/kids-adhd-medication/feed/ 0 Thinkstock Uruguay's Government Considering Extreme Move By Selling Marijuana http://newstalk1290.com/uruguay-selling-marijuana/ http://newstalk1290.com/uruguay-selling-marijuana/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:27:32 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=113747 The South American country of Uruguay wants to put drug dealers out of business, and it’s considering a rather novel way of doing it: the government itself would sell marijuana to registered citizens, making it the first country in the world to do so.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/uruguay-selling-marijuana/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Be Careful — The Soap You Use to Clean Your Child May Lead to a Positive Marijuana Test http://newstalk1290.com/soap-positive-marijuana-test/ http://newstalk1290.com/soap-positive-marijuana-test/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:08:38 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=113677 Most people are aware by now that there are some everyday health and hygiene products on the market that can cause a positive result on a drug screen in adults — but in newborns?

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/soap-positive-marijuana-test/feed/ 0 Getty Images Disturbing Report Says Marijuana Use Among Teens Is on the Rise http://newstalk1290.com/marijuana-use-teens/ http://newstalk1290.com/marijuana-use-teens/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:42:57 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=110130 A new survey suggests that more teenagers today are smoking pot rather than cigarettes.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/marijuana-use-teens/feed/ 0 Getty Images Wichita Falls Police Make Early Morning Drug Bust http://newstalk1290.com/wichita-falls-police-make-early-morning-drug-bust/ http://newstalk1290.com/wichita-falls-police-make-early-morning-drug-bust/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 22:21:39 +0000 Mike Hendren http://newstalk1290.com/?p=50240 41 year-old Jose Antonio Ruiz is being held in the Wichita County Jail.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/wichita-falls-police-make-early-morning-drug-bust/feed/ 0 Flickr New Study Suggests Aspirin May Reduce Risk of Skin Cancer [VIDEO] http://newstalk1290.com/aspirin-skin-cancer-video/ http://newstalk1290.com/aspirin-skin-cancer-video/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 13:57:49 +0000 Don Deane http://tsminteractive.com/?p=105415 Those obsessed with tanning, like Patricia Krentcil and the cast of ‘Jersey Shore,’ may have little to fear in terms of skin cancer provided they take an aspirin a day, says a new report published in the health journal Cancer.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/aspirin-skin-cancer-video/feed/ 0 Stephen Chernin/Getty Should Cocaine Be Legalized? [POLL] http://newstalk1290.com/should-cocaine-be-legalized-survey-of-the-day/ http://newstalk1290.com/should-cocaine-be-legalized-survey-of-the-day/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 20:08:01 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=102837 Marijuana legalization has never been more popular in the United States, with opinion polls consistently finding that about 50 percent of Americans are now in favor of making pot legal.

That sentiment, however, doesn’t seem to extend to harder drugs like cocaine.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/should-cocaine-be-legalized-survey-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Thinkstock FDA May Approve Truvada for HIV Prevention, But Controversy Looms http://newstalk1290.com/fda-truvada-hiv-prevention/ http://newstalk1290.com/fda-truvada-hiv-prevention/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 19:12:01 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=98153 On Thursday, the Food And Drug Administration will meet to decide whether Truvada, a drug which is used to manage HIV, should also be approved as a way of preventing the spread of the disease.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/fda-truvada-hiv-prevention/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Police Find Meth Lab in Man's Pants http://newstalk1290.com/police-find-meth-lab-in-mans-pants/ http://newstalk1290.com/police-find-meth-lab-in-mans-pants/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 14:00:51 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=119210 Granted, everything we know about the production of crystal meth comes from “Breaking Bad.” Still, this sounds odd. A man in Oklahoma was arrested early Friday morning after highway patrolman found a meth lab . . . in his pants.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/police-find-meth-lab-in-mans-pants/feed/ 0 Courtesy Okmulgee County Sheriff's Offic Are Older Adults the New Face of Addiction? http://newstalk1290.com/are-older-adults-the-new-face-of-addiction/ http://newstalk1290.com/are-older-adults-the-new-face-of-addiction/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:43:19 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=90367 One generally associates the onset of drug and alcohol addiction with the recklessness of youth.

However, two new studies are challenging those assumptions, with findings suggesting that older folks are also quite susceptible to addiction’s trap.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/are-older-adults-the-new-face-of-addiction/feed/ 0 Thinkstock Use of Dangerous Synthetic Marijuana Growing — How Concerned Should You Be? http://newstalk1290.com/use-of-dangerous-synthetic-marijuana-growing-how-concerned-should-you-be/ http://newstalk1290.com/use-of-dangerous-synthetic-marijuana-growing-how-concerned-should-you-be/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:38:16 +0000 Amy Sciarretto http://tsminteractive.com/?p=90171 Synthetic marijuana use is on the rise and it’s got anti-drug activists and the legalization movement concerned. Health experts claim fake pot is a chemical cocktail that produces a similar — and legal — high, but is far more dangerous than the real thing.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/use-of-dangerous-synthetic-marijuana-growing-how-concerned-should-you-be/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Shots Fired Outside Local Businesses http://newstalk1290.com/shots-fired-outside-local-businesses/ http://newstalk1290.com/shots-fired-outside-local-businesses/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:02:42 +0000 Mike Hendren http://newstalk1290.com/?p=35744 Police were called to the 7-11 convenience store at City View Drive and US 287 at around 9pm Monday night. Witnesses reported hearing gunfire and shell casings were found in the parking lot.

A short time later, police were alerted to shots fired outside

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/shots-fired-outside-local-businesses/feed/ 0 Medical Marijuana Delivery Man Claims He Was Robbed By Ninjas http://newstalk1290.com/marijuana-delivery-man-robbed-by-ninjas/ http://newstalk1290.com/marijuana-delivery-man-robbed-by-ninjas/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:23:08 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=112009 Was a medical marijuana delivery man in West Covina, CA, actually robbed by ninjas last week? That’s what the man, who is only described as being in his 40s, alleges. And so far the police are taking his claim seriously.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/marijuana-delivery-man-robbed-by-ninjas/feed/ 0 New Line Cinema Can Aspirin Prevent Cancer? http://newstalk1290.com/can-aspirin-prevent-cancer/ http://newstalk1290.com/can-aspirin-prevent-cancer/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:31:26 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=82150 An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but new research indicates that while it doesn’t rhyme quite as well, an aspirin a day may ward off cancer.

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