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Medfield Community Group Showing it Cares About Substance Prevention
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MCAP administered a student survey in November 2010 to collect data on teen substance use in Medfield and after reviewing the data, Susan Cowell, an MCAP member and the school district's K-12 wellness specialist, came to the conclusion that prevention …
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Municipal Alliance takes message against teen drinking to Township Committee
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The Municipal Alliance, “dedicated to a comprehensive and coordinated effort to reduce and prevent substance abuse” according to their mission statement, outlined their new strategy, which involves a more aggressive campaign to get the word out on the …
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'Teen Mom' Jenelle Evans: Can She Stop 'Self-medicating'?
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Decriminalizing Marijuana Can Be Harmful to Your Health
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In Brent Bozell : "Weeds" and Marijuana Chic – Townhall.com, he points out that in the 2006 Nation Survey on Drug Use and Health, there were 14.8 million current users of "pot", and 4.2 million Americans who were classified as dependent or abusers of …
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Teen Rx Drug Addiction

Calif. Rep. Mary Bono Mack talks to Maggie Rodriguez about her son’s plea for help with prescription drug addiction.

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Taking a stance against teen drug use
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It is also, by research, a gateway drug, meaning that hard-core drug addicts can often trace their sorry history to early use of marijuana. It is not just pot. I worry about cocaine, acid, bath salts, prescription drugs like Percocet, Vicoden, …
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Kyrgyzstan works to prevent teen drug addiction
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By Asker Sultanov BISHKEK – As more young people turn to drugs, several agencies have come together to devise a strategy to fight the trend. “The average age of a drug addict in Kyrgyzstan is 17-30,” Bonivur Ishemkulov, executive director of the …
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Good News, Bad News Scenario for US Teen Drug, Alcohol Use
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Question by mzduncan1999: I have to write a paper, “What are some causes and effects of teenage drug and alcohol abuse?”?
I would appreciate any ideas or comments. This paper is for one of my college classes and some outside imput would br great.
Thanks.

Best answer:

Answer by QueenBean
Bored, unsupervised children without a developed sense of imagination. Having no choice they follow others down a path of ridiculously obvious pitfalls. Also television and movies make this pathetic option for a life style seem entertaining and financially lucrative. How deceptive the entertainment media is!

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Scottish Parliament
Filed under: alcohol abuse

Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon told the Subordinate Legislation Committee that minimum pricing was the "missing piece of the jigsaw in terms of our battle with alcohol abuse". Ms Sturgeon was explaining to the committee why the mimimum price would …
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Teenage Substance Abuse: Teenage Substance Abuse part 1

John Knight, MD, is director of the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research at Children’s Hospital Boston. He has served as a consultant to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the President’s Office of National Drug Control Policy. In this interview, he talks about underage drinking, how to recognize a substance abuse problem and how parents can help their children learn to drink responsibly.
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Teenage Substance Abuse: Report Links Social Networking Sites to Teenage Drinking, Drug Use
“The relationship of social networking site images of kids drunk, passed out, or using drugs and of suggestive teen programming to increased teen risk of substance abuse offers grotesque confirmation of the adage that a picture is worth a thousand …
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