Drug Abuse

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New Standards Set For Binge Drinking
But in a new report, the CDC says that's the new standard for binge or excessive drinking. While it's not alcoholism, it can cause a host of health and social problems. Ford says the report could lead to a big change in the way people think about drinking.
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FM area drinking rates among highest in the nation
FARGO – Binge drinking rates in the Fargo-Moorhead area are among the highest in the nation, according to recently released 2011 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By: Cali Owings, INFORUM. FARGO – Binge drinking rates in the …
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Binge Drinking – The video explores the health risks of BINGE DRINKING ? including unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, injury, car crashes, violence and HIV/…

Alcohol The Most Abused Drug
The local heroin crisis has rightfully received a lot of attention, but alcohol is still the most-abused drug in the U.S. It wrecks lives, devastates families, and is responsible for more than 4,300 deaths each year among those under the age of 21 …
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Is it social drinking or alcohol abuse?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Alcohol is the most commonly used and abused drug among youth in the United States, more than tobacco and illicit drugs, and is responsible for more than 4,300 annual deaths among underage …
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What Does It Take to Prevent Youth Substance Abuse? – Teen alcohol and drug use has long been a problem of great concern to parents, teachers, students, and community leaders. EDC’s six-year effort with 11 great…

Parent-Sanctioned Teen Drinking Parties Persist Despite Laws, Officials Say
… very serious consequences to serving alcohol or allowing them to drink alcohol on their property," said Jill Spineti, president and CEO of the Governor's Prevention Partnership, which works to prevent underage drinking and drug abuse, among other …
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Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine says Rhode Island's teen binge …
Two federal agencies that track teenage alcohol use, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, define binge drinking as having five or more drinks at the same occasion, at the same …
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Real Solutions to Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse, Diversion at the …
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared prescription drug abuse a national epidemic that costs 20,000 lives and $ 72 billion dollars a year. In addition, the CDC finds that the rate of prescription drug overdose deaths has more than …
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Lessons Learned From Combating Tobacco Abuse – Gregory N. Connolly, DMD, MPH, Professor of the Practice of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health Mini-Summit Cardio-Metabolic Syndrome: Prevention,…

Senator Pat Toomey discusses prescription drug abuse in Delco
Attention toward the county’s prescription drug abuse problem was the focus of a roundtable discussion at the Ridley Township Municipal Building on Wednesday morning. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

CDC: Prescription drug abusers are turning to less-expensive heroin to stave off ‘dope sickness’
Over the past three years, deaths from prescription drug abuse have far exceeded those from traffic accidents in California and several other states, making opioid dependency in particular an epidemic in the United States, according to experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Corbett promotes prescription-drug drop-off boxes
HARRISBURG – Gov. Corbett is trying to raise awareness of prescription-drug abuse, encouraging Pennsylvanians to empty their medicine cabinets of expired or unused pharmaceuticals and dispose of them in one of 250 new drop-off boxes in the state. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results    Read more...

Drug addicts 'can quit smoking' with additional therapy
New research from the National Institute of Drug Abuse, a part of the National Institutes of Health, suggests that people who are addicted to cocaine or methamphetamine are able to quit cigarette smoking while being treated for their substance addictions, and that quitting will not hinder their treatment.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cigarette smoking causes … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results