ViewFinder – Collision Course: Teen Addiction Epidemic – KVIE

ViewFinder – Collision Course: Teen Addiction Epidemic – KVIE — Teen substance abuse is one of America’s top public health problems and can devastate our youth and their families. Experience the struggles of victims and t…

Drug-take-back events help reduce abuse risk
BENTON — In 2007, the Office of National Drug Control Policy reported that Arkansas had the worst teen prescription-drug-abuse problems in America. In 2010-2011, Arkansas ranked third highest in the U.S. for nonmedical abuse of prescription pain …
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NIH revamps teen drug abuse website
The National Institute on Drug Abuse, a subset of the National Institutes of Health, released a responsive-design version of its teen-centric website, as well as published some of the materials in Spanish, as part of its support of October's National …
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'No quick fixes' for teen substance abuse, but talking is a start
She also talked about a program offered to help kids reduce stress and other factors that lead to “self-medicating” (explained later as using drugs to deal with depression, pain, etc.). What's the school policy if a student is found under the influence …
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