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Drug-Related Death, Illness Statistics Grim in Mercer, McDowell – Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell – Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell
Bluefield Daily Telegraph PRINCETON — Southern West Virginia's persistent drug–abuse problem is now evident in state statistics: Both Mercer County and neighboring McDowell County have some of the highest rates for drug overdoses and drug-related health problems. |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
4 Shocking Facts About Prescription Drug Abuse in America – Care2.com
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4 Shocking Facts About Prescription Drug Abuse in America
Care2.com According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), rates of death by drug overdose have more than tripled since 1990, but the deceased weren't smoking crack or shooting heroin into their veins. They're not even unemployed and homeless. In fact … Community coalition confronts prescription drug abuse |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Science Links Selfies to Narcissism, Addiction & Low Self Esteem
Science Links Selfies to Narcissism, Addiction & Low Self Esteem
The Daily Mirror recently told the story of teenager Danny Bowman, an aspiring model who attempted suicide because he wasn't satisfied with the quality of his selfies. Bowman had become technology-addicted and selfie-obsessed and is currently …
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1 in 4 South Korean teens just can't stop fiddling with her smart phone
On April 8, the Seoul city government followed up with its own study, claiming that 16 percent of teenagers in the capital are at “potential risk” for smart-phone addiction, while 4 percent fall in a “high-risk” group. Municipal authorities surveyed …
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Highland County drug deaths at state average
Heroin addiction has been increasing as prescription painkiller abusers turn to the cheaper and more readily available drug, and local officials agreed with that conclusion. “Percocets (a form of oxycodone) are going for about $ 25 or $ 30 per pill” on …
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4 Shocking Facts About Prescription Drug Abuse in America – Care2.com
4 Shocking Facts About Prescription Drug Abuse in America – Care2.com
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4 Shocking Facts About Prescription Drug Abuse in America
Care2.com According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), rates of death by drug overdose have more than tripled since 1990, but the deceased weren't smoking crack or shooting heroin into their veins. They're not even unemployed and homeless. In fact … Community coalition confronts prescription drug abuse |
Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News
Prescription Drug Abuse Increases on US Campuses – The Arkanas Traveller
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Prescription Drug Abuse Increases on US Campuses
The Arkanas Traveller As of 2013, Arkansas had the highest rate of teen prescription abuse, according to Community Organization for Drug Education. Abuse of pain relievers is the highest rate among ages 12-25. Seventy percent of people in that age group admitted to … |
My Teenage Brain Research Paper!!! Correct My Paragraph?? && I Need More Info! Help!!!?
Question by ??????? ? Click ? ???????: my teenage brain research paper!!! correct my paragraph?? && i need more info! help!!!?
Im doing a research project on the teenage brain. In this paragraph, Im talking about how drugs can cause damage to the brain. Here is my paragraph…yes i realize I do not have a lot of information. Does anyone else know any additional information on what drugs can do to a teenage brain? Not including ALCOHOL!
Drugs are just as bad as alcohol. Drugs can cause “slower development of the brain and body, meaning that teens who use drugs are likely to have smaller brains and to be shorter, loss of short-term memory and ability to learn, undeveloped motor skills, lack of motivation, impaired emotional and sexual development, deviant behavior and conduct disorders, inability to judge risks, depression and suicidal tendencies, eating disorders, personality and psychiatric disorders, damage to the blood vessels in the brain which can lead to strokes, convulsions or seizures, and reduced brain function which can lead to coma or death.” (Drug Use Effects – Teen Drug Abuse)
Drug Overdoses Claim More Ohioans
Drug overdoses claim more Ohioans
Deadly abuse shifts dramatically toward heroin from prescription drugs. Accidental drug-overdose deaths hit a record 1,914 in Ohio in 2012, as deadly abuse shifted dramatically toward heroin from prescription drugs. Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results
Official: Recovering Drug Addicts Should Speak Up
Official: Recovering drug addicts should speak up
The president's top adviser on drug policy urged those recovering from drug addiction to give hope to others by speaking out, saying that stigma and denial about substance abuse are obstacles to treatment. Michael Botticelli, acting director of the …
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Axel Osorio Health Drug Abuse Exercise –