Drug Abuse: Overall, Teen Drug Use Remains Steady in 2012 – Monthly Prescribing Reference
Overall, Teen Drug Use Remains Steady in 2012 – Monthly Prescribing Reference
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Overall, Teen Drug Use Remains Steady in 2012
Monthly Prescribing Reference (HealthDay News) – Overall, illicit drug use among U.S. teenagers was unchanged over the past year; however, from 2007–2012, there has been an increase in illicit drug use among 12th graders and an increase in the use of marijuana among 10th graders, … Survey of Teen Drug Use Released Regular marijuana use by teens continues to be a concern National drug usage survey finds marijuana still the most popular among teens |
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Indiana officials look for ways to curb prescription-drug abuse – News Sentinel
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Indiana officials look for ways to curb prescription-drug abuse
News Sentinel INDIANAPOLIS — Health care providers, police, legislators and others are working on ways to curb widespread prescription drug abuse in Indiana. The state attorney general's office hosted a symposium on the problem Wednesday in Indianapolis. |
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Silver tsunami of substance abuse – Sydney Morning Herald
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Silver tsunami of substance abuse
Sydney Morning Herald This issue was identified in the December bulletin of the Illicit Drug Reporting System, from the University of NSW. It cited a recent US study that estimated that substance abuse disorders among adults 50 or older would double due to the boomers ageing. |
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A tribute: Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 — February 11, 2012) RIP!
**I DONT OWN ANYTHING, NO COPYRIGHT INTENDED** (C) All rights reserved to the artist and thier prodution company Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use The morning after Clive Davis’ Grammy party turned into a celebratory tribute, details surrounding the death of Whitney Houston began to emerge. The singer was found unconscious and submerged in the bathtub of her room at the Beverly Hilton by her hairdresser Saturday afternoon, according to TMZ. She called security, paramedics were summoned and a bodyguard attempted to resuscitate her via CPR, but Houston was declared dead at 3:55 pm Read more: Whitney Houston Dead at 48 An autopsy was scheduled for today but police weren’t talking about the investigation Sunday and said there would be no updates until Monday. Police were no longer at the hotel, but a spokesman would not confirm the investigation was concluded. The singer’s death, coming on the eve of Sunday night’s Grammy Awards (CBS, 8 pm), threw organizers and those in town for the event into a state of shocked disarray. Even as planners worked to incorporate a tribute to Houston into Sunday night’s events, Recording Academy CEO Neil Portnow said “a light has been dimmed in our music community today …