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Family warns teens to steer clear of synthetic drug Spice as they mourn dead son – New York Daily News

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Family warns teens to steer clear of synthetic drug Spice as they mourn dead son New York Daily News The National Institute on Drug Abuse says Spice is sold under many names, including fake weed, K2, Yucatan Fire, Moon Rocks and Skunk. RELATED: FEWER TEENS USING SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA: STUDY. And though the packages are labeled "not for … and more »

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4 More Reasons to Reject Legalizing Marijuana
A recent study from Northwestern University established clearly that teen "potheads" had brain abnormalities related to poor short-term memory performance. Healthy individuals who did not use marijuana scored 37 times … A more uplifting testimony is …
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Young people who use high potency 'skunk' cannabis daily 'have psychotic …
It focused only on people who already had mental illnesses. It did not try to establish whether cannabis causes psychosis on its own. Dr. Wilson Compton, deputy director of the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse, said that was still a key question …
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Jame(s) Ruschman – Prescription Drug Abuse PSA – My Broadcast Journalism class was assigned this as a project; it’s a contest about prescription drug abuse amongst teens.

Synthetic marijuana use down, but real pot use up among teens
Health officials are concerned, as the survey also found fewer teens are worried about the potential dangerous effects from marijuana use. The National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institutes of Health released the 2013 Monitoring the …
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Up in smoke: marijuana use rising among American teens
Not that it wasn't predictable, but the federal government, fueled by new Monitoring the Future data collected by the University of Michigan on behalf of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), is reporting a rise in the illicit use of marijuana …
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Cemetery maintenance uncovers drug use fears
The National Institute on Drug Abuse said inhalants are toxic to the body. The heart, liver and other organs can be affected to the point the damage can't be undone. "This can be fatal. No doubt about it. It's not worth it," Schuylkill County Coroner …
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Woog's World / 20-year rewind: Westport's 'good old days' were plenty flawed
Drug use is on the rise — and not just old standbys like alcohol and marijuana, but newcomers such as inhalants. LSD is back, big-time. And the latest drug of abuse is Ritalin. Youngsters legitimately on it sell it to friends and classmates for the …
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Signs of Teen Drug and Alcohol Addiction
As a parent, it is your responsibility to make sure that the future of your teen is not destroyed by drug or alcohol addiction. But how can you set parameters that impede them from getting addicted to drugs and alcohol when you aren't even sure they …
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Tracking teen drug use in the US
The government's annual drug use survey finds fewer teens are trying fake marijuana known by such names as K2 and Spice. KARE 11 Staff, KARE 9:53 a.m. EST December 18, 2013. Teens are apparently getting the message these cheap new drugs are …
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Teens and pot use: Parents, here's what you need to talk about
The 2013 Monitoring the Future survey, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, found that from 2005 to 2013, the percentage of high school students seeing great risk from being a regular marijuana user has fallen among eighth-graders from 74 …
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South Mississippi officials not surprised by rising pot use in youth
More teens are toking up across the nation, according to a national survey, and 60 percent of high school seniors don't think it's harmful. Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results

People with severe mental illness may have higher risk for substance use
People with severe mental illness such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have a higher risk for substance use, especially cigarette smoking, and protective factors usually associated with lower rates of substance use do not exist in severe mental illness, according to a new study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health. Drug Abuse Statistics – Yahoo News Search Results

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