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Watching trends in teen drug use important at start of school
LAS CRUCES >> Following the trends in teen drug use and abuse is one way for parents to recognize the dangers teens face each day, especially when school starts and new friends and pressures begin showing up. Below are three drug trends (bath salts … Read more on Las Cruces Sun-News

Marijuana More Risky For Teens Than Previously Thought: Study
"When you disrupt this, actually, development, during adolescence, notably through cannabis use, you can have very pervasive, very negative effects in the long-term, including on mental health and addiction risk," he told CBC News. Some studies have … Read more on Huffington Post Canada

Tackling unruly behaviour early tied to less drug abuse in teens
Correcting anti-social behaviour from children at a young age could help prevent drug or alcohol abuse later on in their life, according to a new study published Thursday. In an effort to determine whether a two-year prevention program in childhood … Read more on CBC.ca    Read more...

Families hail first anniversary of state law targeting prescription drug abuse – Buffalo News

Families hail first anniversary of state law targeting prescription drug abuse Buffalo News The Israels were there Monday morning, among other parents touched by a similar tragedy, as two state legislators marked the first anniversary of the state law designed to reduce prescription-drug abuse, a law that adds an important new provision …

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TMZ Live: Khloe Kardashian & Lamar Odom — Drug Abuse Too Much to Handle – TMZ.com

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Question by Paige: what prescription pills don’t show up on a 12 panel drug test?
im doing a paper for my psychology class about teens abusing pills and one of my topics if how theres still pills out there teens who get drug tested still can get away with it…if theres any that don’t. . also what pills would get out of your system the quickest that you can get “high” off of. any other info you mite think would help me with my paper would help to
thanks!

Best answer:

Answer by free_slyscafe
Well, it all depends on if they know when they’re going to be drug tested. There are such things as research chemicals, which will not show up on drug tests unless they are specifically looking for the metabolites of these research chemicals.    Read more...

'Bath Salts,' 'Spice' and US Military: Are Service Members Abusing Synthetic …
An undercover investigation for National Geographic explores the availability of powerful synthetic drugs, with names like "spice" and "bath salts," and its popularity among members of the U.S. military. For the next installment of National Geographic … Read more on ABC News

'Bath Salt' Drugs May Be More Addictive Than Meth
"Bath salts," the recently popular stimulant drugs made with synthetic chemicals, may be more addictive than methamphetamine, one of the most addictive drugs of abuse, a new study on rats suggests. In experiments, rats worked much harder to get an … Read more on Yahoo! News

'Bath Salts' More Addictive Than Meth
The researchers note that reports on human users of "bath salts" have suggested that effects from the drug can last a long time, even after use stops. So they hope to soon begin assessing the long-term behavioral effects of MDPV in new studies. "MDPV … Read more on Medscape    Read more...

Kentucky officials reported more progress in fighting prescription drug abuse …
Kentucky officials reported more progress in fighting prescription drug abuse, pointing to a decline in overdose deaths and a drop off in doses for commonly abused painkillers in the year since a new state law took aim at the chronic problem. Gov. Read more on The Courier-Journal

New Law Helping In Curbing Synthetic Drug Abuse
There's been a dramatic decline in synthetic drug abuse among Hoosiers and a new state law may be the reason. The latest Indiana Poison Center report shows an 86 percent decrease in reported overdoses of “Bath Salts” since 2011. That's when the first … Read more on 93.1 WIBC Indianapolis

Tighten prescription drug laws
Drug addiction is rampant in New Jersey, not just in inner cities but all across suburbia as well, fueled largely by the abuse of prescription painkillers, which also leads to a rise in heroin addiction. Crooked doctors and organized crime are feeding … Read more on Asbury Park Press    Read more...

Ark. works to reduce prescription drug abuse
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Prescription drug overdoses account for about one death per day in Arkansas and state officials are working with educators, health providers and law enforcement to bring down abuse rates. Alcohol remains the most commonly abused … Read more on News & Observer

Why Is the United States So Sick?
What it revealed was the extent of the United States' large and growing "health disadvantage," which shows up as higher rates of disease and injury from birth to age 75 for men and women, rich and poor, across all races and ethnicities. … In addition … Read more on The Slatest

'Bath Salts,' 'Spice' and US Military: Are Service Members Abusing Synthetic …
"Over my career, that's what I've seen." The U.S. Marine Corps does not release official statistics on synthetic drug use, so it's difficult to verify Jordan's claims. But Jordan said one thing is clear — the drugs are not hard to find. "One of the … Read more on ABC News    Read more...