October 24 – International Coalition for Drug Awareness

ANTIDEPRESSANTS: Mother Leaves Children Home Alone for 3 Days: Australia

Ann Blake-Tracy14 years ago04 mins

A STRESSED-OUT single mum who left her kids home
alone for three nights while she went on a binge has been ordered to perform 150
hours community service.

The 32-year-old Maryborough mother left her

children, aged 10, 11 and 14, to fend for themselves between October 21 and
October 24.

She appeared in the Maryborough Magistrates Court where she
pleaded guilty to leaving her children unsupervised for an unreasonable period
of time.

ANTIDEPRESSANT: Young Man Collapses, Almost Dies: England

Ann Blake-Tracy14 years ago07 mins

South Devon magistrates in
Torquay were told Robert Lane became agitated and angry with ambulance staff who
were trying to revive the 19-year-old man.

Following the case, a
spokesman for the ambulance service said: “Any abuse, whether verbal or
physical, will not be tolerated. The trust takes incidents of this nature very
seriously.”

ANTIDEPRESSANT: Murder : Man Kills Wife with Hammer: England

Ann Blake-Tracy14 years ago07 mins

A man who bludgeoned his partner
to death with a lump hammer while in the grip of psychosis has been told he may
never be released from jail.

Paul Ford, aged 51, told police he thought
he had hit mother-of-five Debra Ford “hundreds and hundreds and hundreds” of
times in the face at the home they shared in Oldland Common.

ICFDA on Drug Discontinuation: Dropping “cold turkey” off any medication, most especially mind altering medications, can often be MORE DANGEROUS than staying on the drugs.

ANTIDEPRESSANTS: Mother Leaves Children Home Alone for 3 Days: Australia

ANTIDEPRESSANT: Young Man Collapses, Almost Dies: England

ANTIDEPRESSANT: Murder : Man Kills Wife with Hammer: England