Oregon Healthy Teen Survey Reports Teenage Drinking as Biggest Concern

Published February 18, 2014

Oregon Healthy Teen Survey reports teenage drinking as biggest concern
Alcohol continues to be the number one drug abused by teens, according to a 2013 statewide survey, with other substances lagging far behind. However, a new community coalition is being contemplated to curtail alcohol abuse among Klamath County youth.
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Lawmakers Ask Obama To Soften Marijuana Restrictions
“We request that you take action to help alleviate the harms to society caused by the federal Schedule I classification of marijuana.” Drugs that are listed as Schedule I are deemed to have no medicinal use, which “disregard[s] both medical evidence …
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Prescription Painkillers Seen as a Gateway to Heroin
“You can get the pills from so many sources,” said Traci Rieckmann, an addiction researcher at Oregon Health & Science University. “There's no paraphernalia, no smell. It's the perfect drug, for many people.” Millions of people use these drugs safely …
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Possible New Addiction Help for Minors — The Oregon House is reviewing a bill that would expand mental health and drug addiction services to minors who don’t have parental consent. Minors can alread…