2012 Monitoring the Future Survey
2012 Monitoring the Future Survey – Since 1975 the MTF survey has measured drug, alcohol, and cigarette use and related attitudes among adolescent students nationwide. Survey participants report their drug use behaviors across three time periods: lifetime, past year, and past month. Overall, 45449 students from 395 public and private schools participated in this year’s Monitoring the Future survey. The survey is funded by the NIDA, a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and conducted by the University of Michigan. This video can also be viewed at: www.drugabuse.gov Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: newmedia.hhs.gov
'The Perfect Marriage' tackles prescription drug abuse
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Roby created the characters in "The Perfect Marriage" to prove a point about the growing problem of prescription drug abuse and to clear up misconceptions about typical addicts. In the book, the drug-dependent couple Denise and Derrek Shaw are an …
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School reform, student safety, prescription drug abuse targets of legislative …
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