How Parents Can Assess a Teen Is at Risk for Drug Abuse

How Parents Can Assess a Teen Is at Risk for Drug Abuse – David Sack, M.D., addiction psychiatrist helps parents understand the risk factors for teen drug abuse as he did in his Huffington Post column, How to Assess…

Fewer US teens see harm in marijuana: survey

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Some 39.5 percent of high-school seniors view marijuana as harmful — down from 44.1 percent just a year ago — the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) said in its Monitoring the Future survey for 2013. "That's 60 percent who think marijuana is not …
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New Government Data Reveals Teen Drinking Rates at Historic Low, Proves …

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The highly respected annual study, conducted by the University of Michigan and funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, is widely considered the benchmark for substance abuse research among American high school students. The study showed all …
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