Study Shows Mass. Teen Drug Use Rate Is Higher Than National Average – Taunton Daily Gazette

Study shows Mass. teen drug use rate is higher than national average – Taunton Daily Gazette

Study shows Mass. teen drug use rate is higher than national average
Taunton Daily Gazette
Teens in Massachusetts reported using illegal drugs at a rate that exceeds the national average, according to a recent federal study. The 2013 Behavioral Health Barometer, which the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recently …

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New agreements available to prevent prescription drug abuse – 10News

New agreements available to prevent prescription drug abuse
10News
The agreement was prompted by the surge of prescription drug abuse and "doctor shopping." In 2012, prescription drugs played a role in the deaths of 268 people in San Diego County—a 22-percent increase compared to 2008. A total of 1,221 people have …

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HIGH PREVALENCE OF DRUG ABUSE BY YOUTH – GreaterKashmir.com

HIGH PREVALENCE OF DRUG ABUSE BY YOUTH
GreaterKashmir.com
"Conflict, high unemployment rate, relationship, peer pressures, family disputes, love breakups and death of loved ones and split families are main reasons behind addiction," he said. Head of Psychiatric unit, SHMS, Dr Arshid Hussain blamed easy

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Physician: Drug abuse common in ER setting – The Morning Sun

Physician: Drug abuse common in ER setting
The Morning Sun
Many who abuse drugs do so with medications that are legal when prescribed by a physician, and those people typically take too much of the drug, steal it from others, sell prescription medications to get money for other drugs, and make frequent trips

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