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Legal Marijuana Challenges Drug Abuse Awareness

Legal marijuana challenges drug abuse awareness

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April is Alcohol Awareness Month—a key time for all Islanders to work towards reducing the stigma around seeking help for alcohol abuse. Alcohol addiction can affect both youth and adults and is a treatable disease. This year, for the first time … Read more on Mercer Island Reporter

 


NBC New York – New Trends in Teen Drug Use – Jack, a 21-year-old Phoenix House client, tells NBC New York about new trends in teen drug use.

 

Unclear if Behaviorial Interventions Can Curb Teen Drug Use

Unclear if Behaviorial Interventions Can Curb Teen Drug Use

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There has not been enough evidence on the benefits versus the risks of behavior interventions for teenage drug use reduction or safety. The Task Force was not able to determine whether behavioral interventions reduced drug use-related health outcomes … Read more on dailyRx

 

Email warns against student drug use

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Help for Addiction ????? – http://facebook.com/sobrietytelevision Learn about help for addiction. You can also find addiction treatment centers at findtreatment.samhsa.gov.

 

Parents Academy debunks 'marijuana myths,' talks teen drug use

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Bartwell, a former deputy director of Demand Reduction at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and past president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, was speaking to Barrington-area parents as part of her Parents Academy … Read more on Suburban Life Publications

 

Concerns over use of unknown psychotropic drugs – Ravinder Singh and

North Olmsted Students, Officials Vow to Reduce Teen Drug Use

North Olmsted students, officials vow to reduce teen drug use

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Those entering the assembly passed by a large table full of drugs seized by the highway patrol more than the past year — including crack, cocaine, codeine syrup, heroin, black tar heroin, ecstasy, LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, opium, oxycodone and … Read more on The Morning Journal

 

Addiction: Nature versus Nurture

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EDITORIAL: Improve Drug Treatment, Prevention Efforts

EDITORIAL: Improve drug treatment, prevention efforts

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That brings up an additional need — investing wisely in drug prevention efforts. Despite the anti-drug education efforts in local schools, drug abuse is rampant. Lake County Coroner Merrilee Frey said her office certified 65 drug overdose deaths last … Read more on nwitimes.com

 


Smell at the fisheries complex – Irate residents within the Dennery South constituency expressed concern over the improper garbage disposal near their homes. They are calling for immediate a…

 

REAL LIFE GOD STORIES – CHRISTIAN TESTIMONIES – “REAL HELP for DRUG ADDICTION” – By: Dave Greathouse


REAL LIFE GOD STORIES – CHRISTIAN TESTIMONIES – “REAL HELP FOR DRUG ADDICTION” – By: Dave Greathouse – http://www.vimeo.com/16350333 Please be sensitive to the Lord regarding sharing this video with someone ELSE who could benefit from watching it, or you think…

 

Local College holds forum on drug abuse and addiction

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Holder released a video message on the Justice Department's website, saying that first responders should carry a drug with them that could reverse effects of an overdose. The administration says the number of overdose deaths involving heroin have … Read more on WXXA

Data on Teenage Drug Abuse?

Question by Cembo: Data on teenage drug abuse?
I’m looking for data on teenage drug abuse. I was hoping there are some links i can use.
Thanks you 🙂

Best answer:

Answer by Model Pilot
Here are some…you can get other years by searching “teen drug use statistics”

High School and Youth Trends | National Institute on Drug Abuse
Illicit Drug Use Illicit drug use among teenagers has been rising, … Past-year inhalant use by younger teens dropped significantly between 2010 and 2011, …
www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/high-school

Leaders Say Teen Drug and Alcohol Use Numbers Encouraging

Leaders say teen drug and alcohol use numbers encouraging

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CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. – Encouraging news out of Charlotte County. The number of teenagers who drink and do drugs is at an all time low. In fact, Drug Free Charlotte leaders say, other substance abuse coalitions around the state are taking notice! Read more on Wink News

 


CADCAFedotovLogo – On June 28th, CADCA led a neighborhood walk and site visit of the Inwood community in Manhattan, New York City to examine narcotrafficking issues. The walk w…

 

Tori Ferrari – How to Prevent Teen Drug Use


Tori Ferrari – How to Prevent Teen Drug Use – www.springboardhome.com Preventing drug abuse in teens is much better than having to solve the problem after the addiction has begun. In this video, Tori Fer…

 

New Survey Shows Drug Use Down Among Teens

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The National Institute on Drug Abuse released the results of its 2013 monitoring the future survey. The survey tracks drug trends for eighth, tenth and twelfth graders. Inside the walls of any high school is a tremendous amount of peer pressure … Read more on KEYC

The Media Needs to Stop Stigmatizing Our Best Weapon Against…

The Media Needs to Stop Stigmatizing Our Best Weapon Against…

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What I found, on the whole, was that voters weren't that exercised about guns. What they wanted to talk about most of all was painkiller drug abuse, which has been wreaking havoc in Appalachia and many other parts of the country (prescription drug … Read more on The New Republic

 

Tips offered on spotting teen drug use

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