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Mentor Foundation USA and Partners Host National Drug Facts Day for High

Mentor Foundation USA and Partners Host National Drug Facts Day for High

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25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In observance of National Drug Facts Week (NDFW), Mentor Foundation USA, in partnership with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the Embassy of Sweden and other key partners (as listed below), are again … Read more on PR Newswire (press release)

 

Drug Facts: Prescriptions

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UK Researcher Seeks Treatment for Cocaine Overdose

UK Researcher Seeks Treatment for Cocaine Overdose

Filed under: treatment for cocaine abuse

This new grant is the fourth in a series of investigator-initiated research project (R01) awards that Zhan has received from the NIH to continue to discover and develop a cocaine abuse therapy. In previous work, Zhan has developed unique computational … Read more on UKNow (press release)

 


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Prescription Drug, Alcohol Abuse Facts Shared in Missoula

Prescription drug, alcohol abuse facts shared in Missoula

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MISSOULA – A community conversation focusing on prescription drug abuse and the effects it is having on our youth drew a packed house at the University of Montana on Tuesday evening. The topic of prescription awareness unveiled some scary facts about … Read more on KPAX-TV

 

Hawaii Teens Drug Abuse Facts

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Do Alcohol and Marijuana Mix? Colorado Is About to Find Out

Do alcohol and marijuana mix? Colorado is about to find out

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The legalization of use and possession of small amounts of marijuana for those 21 and older in Colorado and Washington will provide researchers worldwide with the best chance ever to study the interplay of alcohol use and marijuana use. The topic is … Read more on Denver Post

 

Goddard beats national trends for marijuana use

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Teen Marijuana Use: How Concerned Should We Be?

Teen Marijuana Use: How Concerned Should We Be?

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More recently, studies are looking at the regularity of marijuana use by teens. A large group of 8th, 10th and 12th graders were surveyed in a study conducted under a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Results showed that 6.5% of … Read more on Huffington Post

 

Project TRUE: Peer educators work on reducing teen drug abuse

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Naloxone Needs to Be More Accessible

Naloxone Needs To Be More Accessible

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Research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows it to be a genetic disease needing treatment and years of recovery support. If this bill … It has no addictive properties and few side effects, making it safe for laypeople to administer … Read more on NJ.com (blog)

 


Synthetic Pot Dangers: Side Effects Send Thousands of Teens to ER

Synthetic Pot Dangers: Side Effects Send Thousands of Teens to ER

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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, there have not been any scientific studies conducted on synthetic pot's effects on the brain; since the chemical composition of Spice is unknown, and it can be made up of a variety of compounds, the … Read more on Decoded Science

 

Marijuana use leads to negative side effects

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Is Your Teen a Substance Abuser?

Is your teen a substance abuser?

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The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, under a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Since 1975, the survey has measured drug, alcohol, and cigarette use and related attitudes among teens. The 2012 … Read more on eMaxHealth

 


Drug Abuse Among Teens Is On The Rise – Channel 19, KYTX – 6/08/2010 – Study shows prescription drug abuse among teens is on the rise.

 

Teen Smoking Keeps Falling

High Times: Weighing in on Marijuana

High times: Weighing in on marijuana

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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, marijuana use can have a variety of adverse, short- and long-term effects, especially on cardiopulmonary and mental health. Among other things, use of the drug raises the user's heart rate, causes … Read more on Marietta Times

 


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National Institute on Drug Abuse to Announce Results of 2012 Monitoring the

National Institute on Drug Abuse to announce results of 2012 Monitoring the

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NIDA supports most of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction. The Institute carries out a large variety of programs to inform policy and improve practice. Fact sheets on the health effects of drugs of abuse and … Read more on National Institutes of Health (press release)

 

Survey of Teen Drug Use Released

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