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• San Diego: Ex-footballers among people charged with drug trafficking across continents

  By: Admin On: 02-16-2016 Category: addiction, drugs, recovery Comment: 0

  

  Many sportspersons face doping charges in their attempt to boost their performances. However, charges of smuggling and peddling the performance enhancing substances or other drugs are not usual for players, including the veteran athletes. Two former athletes were among the 22 people charged recently with running an international drug smuggling and betting ring in a […]

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• Meth from Mexico floods San Diego

  By: Admin On: 12-30-2015 Category: drug addiction, recovery, rehab Comment: 0

  

  In the past five years, methamphetamine seizures at border ports of entry by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection have seen a 300 percent increase, according to the San Diego County’s Methamphetamine Strike Force 2015 Report Card. According to the report, meth is being produced in a large quantity at Mexican “superlabs”, which resemble the […]

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• San Diego researchers explore medication diversity

  By: Admin On: 12-21-2015 Category: drug addiction treatment, drug rehab, recovery Comment: 0

  

  San Diego is home to a number of prominent research facilities. Striving to innovate in the scientific field, two local, independent establishments have explored various medications and their proposed uses. While one study has highlighted the ineffectiveness of varenicline, a popular drug used to quit smoking, a second research project is on the brink of […]

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• San Diego initiates new alcohol restrictions

  By: Staff Writer On: 09-15-2015 Category: alcohol rehab, recovery, sober living, treatment Comment: 0

  

  As the summer season comes to a close, the San Diego area has a lot to reflect on. A report from the California Highway Patrol detailed that from July 3 to 5, officers arrested 47 people for driving under the influence, which was only a miniscule drop from the 48 arrests in 2014. A more […]

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• The history and current state of San Diego’s alcohol on the beach ban

  By: Staff Writer On: 08-18-2015 Category: addiction, addiction treatment, alcohol abuse, recovery, treatment center Comment: 0

  

  Back in 2008, San Diego passed a citywide ban of alcohol on its beaches. Since then, this big step in legislation paved the way for further changes in order to keep outdoor drinking to a minimum. According to the current amendment to San Diego’s municipal code, any first-time infractions will require, “a fine of not […]

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