Teenage Drug Abuse Statistics

Teenage Drug Abuse Statistics – Teenage drug abuse statistics at http://www.drug-aware.com. How many young people use drugs? Have a look at http://www.drug-aware.com for additional informat…

Substance abuse linked to bipolar suicide risk

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Significantly, patients with a lifetime comorbid substance use disorder (that is, drug abuse and dependence) had a 40 per cent lifetime rate of attempted suicide compared with a rate of 24 per cent for those without the comorbidity. The team speculates …
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Childhood abuse raises drug users' suicide risk

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The longitudinal study of more than 1,600 drug users in Vancouver, Canada, found that "severe-to-extreme" abuse – particularly emotional or sexual – contributed significantly to the risk of future suicide attempts, even after accounting for a wide …
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Pound of prevention, trounce of cure?

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As part of a record $ 80 million settlement with the Drug Enforcement Agency to resolve charges it failed to properly control sales of narcotic painkillers, the nation's largest pharmacy enacted a plan to correct the problem. But the plan, doctors and …
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