Drug Abuse

Spring cleaning? Start with your medicine cabinet
Parents are the biggest influence in their teens' lives. Kids who learn about the risks of drugs and alcohol from parents are up to 50 percent less likely to use them. Only 14 percent of teens say they have discussed the abuse of prescriptions with …
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Smoking tied to changes in the structure of teen brains
Young people ages 18 to 25 have the highest smoking rates in the U.S. at 30 percent, London said. "Because … He studies the insula and said that area drives drug addiction like a "gas pedal" and also controls decision making like a "brake pedal …
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