Teen Drug Abuse

Published March 23, 2013

Teen Drug Abuse –

Lake Forest group hosts 'hard-hitting' drug abuse film screening

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In less than an hour, they watched families in Orange County, Calif., recount the disturbing reality of a prescription drug abuse epidemic in their community that has left teens and young adults dead, and families and friends devastated. Lake Forest's …
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Identifying and Protecting Your Kids from Early Drug Use

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Meanwhile, the internet and texting have increased teens' ability to connect to ideas and one another. Hearing their classmates talk casually at lunch about weekend drug use or seeing party pictures on Facebook has desensitized adolescents to the idea …
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Gasparilla Film Festival Doc Highlights Sarasota Teen Addict Recovery

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Other programs featured in the film are Drug Abuse Comprehensive Coordinating Office's Watch Your BAC at the University of Tampa and University of South Florida, and Road Recovery, a music program in New York City mentored by rock stars. The Glasses …
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It Seems that More and More Parents Are Using Drug Dogs to Sniff Out Teens …

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"A home drug testing kit which is easily purchased at most neighborhood pharmacies will give you definitive proof of their use," the commenter, clearly an expert in adolescent psychology, writes. "An honest kid usually won't mind the test but a drug …
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