Tips on Talking to Teens About Drug Use

Tips on Talking to Teens About Drug Use – In the wake of the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s annual report on teen alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, Dr. Wilson Compton offers tips on how physicians …

Savage: Affordable Care Act Offers Opportunity to Combat Pain and Drug Abuse

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has classified prescription drug abuse as a deadly epidemic and the White House Office on National Drug Policy has declared the crisis to be a top public health priority. Meanwhile, a landmark 2011 …
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"How High Do They Look?"

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Adolescents have access to a variety of legal or illicit substances that they use to alter their mood or "get high." The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of common substances adolescents use to get high, including the illicit substances …
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Study of smokers' genes yields age-related addiction factor

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According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the nicotine in cigarettes may be as addictive as heroin or cocaine. Despite this, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cite that …
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