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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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Campaign to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse – KKTV 11 News

Campaign to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse
KKTV 11 News
Drug prevention experts are trying to convince local teenagers that abusing prescription drugs can be just as bad as using cocaine and heroin. Representatives from Rise Above Colorado are working with students in East and Central High School in Pueblo.

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Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News

 

Testifying in Shrewsbury Murder Trial, Daughter Says Father Told Her 'You'Re Next'

Testifying in Shrewsbury murder trial, daughter says father told her 'You're next'
(T&G Staff File Photo/CHRISTINE PETERSON). By Gary V. … Mr. Rosiello's lawyers have raised a psychiatric defense on his behalf based on what they said was a mental disorder he was suffering from at the time of the slaying and his abuse of various drugs.
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Biological mom asks for custody of son 'locked in closet'
April 1, 2014: Two parents are facing child abuse charges in a disturbing case accusing them of locking their son in a closet and not feeding him. Mark Boyle reports. Show Transcript … THESE ARE NEW PICTURES JUST RELEASED BY THE FAMILY OF LITTLE FIVE …
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Campaign to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse – KKTV 11 News

Campaign To Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse – KKTV 11 News

Campaign To Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse
KKTV 11 News
Drug prevention experts are trying to convince local teenagers that abusing prescription drugs can be just as bad as using cocaine and heroin. Representatives from Rise Above Colorado are working with students in East and Central High School in Pueblo.

and more »

Drug Abuse – Google News

 

Dr. Ablow: ‘Faces of Drug Arrests’ may not face real truth about drug abuse – Fox News

Dr. Ablow: 'Faces of Drug Arrests' may not face real truth about drug abuse
Fox News
Sponsored by Rehabs.com, the campaign aims to startle people into recognizing the devastating effects of drug addiction on people who once looked healthy (in their first mug shots), as they change into people who look worn and ill and, frankly

Drug Abuse – Google News

 

Campaign to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse – KKTV 11 News

Campaign To Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse – KKTV 11 News

Campaign To Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse
KKTV 11 News
Drug prevention experts are trying to convince local teenagers that abusing prescription drugs can be just as bad as using cocaine and heroin. Representatives from Rise Above Colorado are working with students in East and Central High School in Pueblo.

and more »

Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News

 

Summit to look at ‘prescription drug abuse epidemic’ – Seacoastonline.com

Summit to look at 'prescription drug abuse epidemic'
Seacoastonline.com
April 02, 2014 2:00 AM. DOVER — The Rx Taskforce of Strafford County's third annual Summit on Prescription Drug Abuse, "The Killer Copay: The Real Cost of Rx Misuse," will be held Friday at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. The summit's primary objective

Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News

 

Prescription drug registry would help cut deaths from abuse: As I See It – The Patriot-News

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 …

and more »

Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News

 

Campaign to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse – KKTV 11 News

Campaign to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse
KKTV 11 News
Drug prevention experts are trying to convince local teenagers that abusing prescription drugs can be just as bad as using cocaine and heroin. Representatives from Rise Above Colorado are working with students in East and Central High School in Pueblo.

and more »

Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News

 

Study Finds That Baclofen Drug Has Potential to Prevent Cocaine Relapse

Study finds that baclofen drug has potential to prevent cocaine relapse
Relapse is the most painful and expensive feature of drug addiction-even after addicted individuals have been drug-free for months or years, the likelihood of sliding back into the habit remains high. The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that 40 to 60 percent of addicted individuals will relapse, and in some studies the rates are as high as 80 percent at six months after treatment. Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

 

Rock star talks to students
Megadeth co-founder David Ellefson spoke to students at Fountain Hills High School about his drug addiction and alcoholism in two lunchtime assemblies March 25. Drug Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results