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Healthbeat: What Parents Need to Know About Teen Drug Use Trends – the Doings Oak Brook

Healthbeat: What parents need to know about teen drug use trends – The Doings Oak Brook


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Healthbeat: What parents need to know about teen drug use trends
The Doings Oak Brook
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported that teen alcohol use has declined, although it still represents the most commonly used drug by teens. Teen tobacco use is also at an all-time low, showing a steady decline since the late 1990s… Continue reading

NM Senator Takes on Prescription Drug Abuse

NM senator takes on prescription drug abuse
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall says steps need to be taken in New Mexico and across the country to curb escalating problems stemming from the abuse and trafficking of prescription drugs. Read more at KOB.com Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Scientologists Take Action to Counter the Russian Heroin Crisis
Volunteers from the Church of Scientology of Moscow engage in drug prevention to combat drug abuse and addiction.… Continue reading

Local Efforts to Stop Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Tucson News Now

Local efforts to stop prescription drug abuse epidemic – Tucson News Now


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Local efforts to stop prescription drug abuse epidemic
Tucson News Now
The Arizona Prescription Drug Misuse and Abuse Initiative launched last year to increase public awareness about medicine abuse and decrease the number of pills out there. Arizona has been trying for years. In 2007, our state become one of the now 37 to 
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More Teens Getting High More Often

More teens getting high more often
Teen drug abuse is a growing problem in Kern County. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Families Challenged to Tackle Prescription Drug Abuse Across US
Free, Safe Medicine Disposal Locations Available Throughout the Country FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On November 9, 2013 the 4th Annual American Medicine Chest Challenge (AMCC) — a national public health initiative to raise awareness about the… Drug Abuse –… Continue reading

Experts Say Teen Drug Use Is on the Rise – KERO-TV 23

Experts say teen drug use is on the rise – KERO-TV 23


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Experts say teen drug use is on the rise
KERO-TV 23
"People end up homeless lives are destroyed families are torn apart there is nothing but destruction in the path of someone who is chemically addicted to drugs,” said former drug addict Chris Ferguson. He started with booze in eighth grade but quickly

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Insurance Must Cover Mental Health, Substance Abuse Just Like Physical … – Huffington Post

Insurance Must Cover Mental Health, Substance Abuse Just Like Physical … – Huffington Post


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Insurance Must Cover Mental Health, Substance Abuse Just Like Physical
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The Obama administration announced new rules on Friday that will require insurers to cover the treatment of mental health and substance abuse in the same manner they would physical maladies. The regulations, unveiled by Secretary of Health and Human 
Experts praise 'historic' mental health,… Continue reading