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Withdrawal in jail
By Jeff Labine, tbnewswatch.comKyle Maki, 25, says he is dependent on methadone.
Maki said methadone is not a street drug and he has a right to take it as a prescription medication. However, when Thunder Bay Police Service officers placed him in custody, he said he didn’t know when the next time he would receive the next dose of the highly addictive narcotic.
"It is really up in the air if you are going to get it," Maki said. "It is something they can play with. At most, I was in (the Balmoral holding cell) for two days without getting (a methadone dose) and by the time I got to the jail, it takes another day to get it."
U.N. narcotics board warns of prescription drug abuse
By Kate Kelland, Reuters LONDON – Abuse of prescription drugs is growing
rapidly around the world, with more people abusing legal narcotics than
heroin, cocaine and ecstasy combined, the United Nations global drugs
watchdog said on Wednesday. The International Narcotics Control Board
(INCB) also pointed to a rise in the use of so-called "date rape drugs," as
sexual abusers try to get around more rigorous controls with substances not
banned by international drugs laws. The INCB said several high-profile
celebrity deaths, such as pop star Michael Jackson last year, had focused
attention on prescriptio
Medical marijuana prescriptions being stymied, advocates say
By Jeremy Warren, The StarPhoenixBiased policies against medical marijuana by Saskatchewan's governing body of medical practitioners are deterring doctors from granting prescriptions, say medicinal pot proponents.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan's policy doesn't prohibit doctors from prescribing marijuana, but the policy states the college is uncertain of the risks and benefits because evidence of marijuana's advantages is lacking.
"(The college) appears to be deterring doctors, or at least giving them an excuse to deny prescriptions," said Daniel Johnson, Saskatchewan director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML).
