Portsmouth This Week 5-14-13 Portsmouth Schools Substance Abuse Survey


 

Portsmouth This Week 5-14-13 Portsmouth Schools Substance Abuse Survey – Weekly Series under the auspices of John Klimm, Portsmouth RI TOwn Administrator. This episode discusses the recent student survey on drug abuse.

 

Health Editor, Sydney Morning Herald
The survey is run by UK addiction psychiatrist and researcher Adam Winstock, and this year will run with media partners in 17 countries, across four continents and in 10 different languages. It will be the biggest global survey of drug users ever …
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Americans see US losing ground against mental illness, prescription drug abuse
Significantly more Americans say the country is losing ground on these two problems (35% on mental illness, 37% on prescription drug abuse). Those are the most pessimistic measures for any of the seven public health issues included in the survey.
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