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Seattle high school tackles growing drug abuse problem – KING5.com

Seattle high school tackles growing drug abuse problem KING5.com SEATTLE — Roosevelt High School administrators are facing an alcohol and drug abuse problem head on. After discovering that the problem is growing on campus, the school immediately brought in educators and proponents for alcohol and drug education. and more »

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Take Back Youth Aims to Teach Parents, Teens About Drug Abuse – WSAW

Take Back Youth Aims to Teach Parents, Teens About Drug Abuse WSAW Addiction is a real issue here in our community, and unfortunately, much of it begins with teenage drug use. That's why the Alcohol and Other Drug Partnership is working to bring awareness to drug use among our youth. "I am a mother that helplessly … and more »

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Students sought to enter ‘Stop Rx Abuse’ video contest
BETHEL — North Carolina high school students can help fight prescription drug abuse and overdose deaths by entering a video contest sponsored by Attorney General Roy Cooper and the NC Department of Justice. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Question by Mary Grim: so, about marijuana drug counseling…?
i am a 16 year old junior in high school, and i smoke marijuana every once in a while in the safety of my home. i have no addiction to marijuana and i do not use it out of a constant need for escapism. i also have never and will NEVER try hard drugs.

it’s not like i smoke to get high and avoid my problems, i smoke to stimulate my appetite (currently prescibed to amphetamines for I-ADHD), to help me sleep (as opposed to using addictive sleeping pills), and to think outside of the box (my two passions are art and literature).

my teachers know me for being intelligent, mature, and hard working. i am enrolled in AP classes and maintain a 3.5 GPA. if you told them i smoked weed, i’m certain they wouldn’t believe you because i’m not the stereotypical “stoner”.    Read more...

Brandon Heath Just In Time Meth Recovery Center.wmv – “Just In Time” is a new non profit organization designed to give the court systems an alternative to locking people up ~ or as it is in Lane County ~ letting…

Rare US Senate field hearing focuses on Vermont's addiction fight
They want facts about how drugs affect the body. “'If you think that I am serious then treat me serious,' is what they're saying,” McKenzie said. “They have told us a lot. They have told us 'if you talk to me in high school about drugs, it's way too …
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“My wife's always moaning at me but there are worse things to be addicted to. “I'm amazed I haven't turned orange.” When his addiction was at its worst in 2011, Andrew, of Cumbernauld, near Glasgow, was swallowing the equivalent of 150 teaspoons of …
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Fighting prescription drug abuse among wounded soldiers uneven, report says
More than 150 Michigan Army National Guard soldiers of the 144th Military Police Company return home from Afghanistan on Jan. 23 at Owosso High School in Owosso, Mich. A Pentagon report issued Friday called for uniform standards in monitoring …
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New Jersey's heroin crisis: State report calls for major reforms
A copy of the panel's report, obtained by The Star-Ledger, proposes major changes to the state's prescription pill monitoring laws, improvements to an insurance system that stacks the deck against drug addicts and expanded use of recovery communities …
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Prescription drug abuse on rise
BETHEL — Less than a month after two classmates survived overdosing on pills, North Pitt High School freshmen on Wednesday learned about the dangers of prescription drugs from a mother who lost her child. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Kiwis to sign code of conduct on drug use
Kiwi rugby league players will be required to sign a code of conduct before this year's Anzac test allowing them to be tested for prescription drug abuse, and penalised if caught out. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Kiwis side to sign code of conduct on drug use
Kiwi rugby league players will be required to sign a code of conduct before this year's Anzac test allowing them to be tested for prescription drug abuse, and penalised if caught out. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results    Read more...