Where Can I Find Stories of Teens Abusing Prescription Drugs?
Question by Kelsey: Where can I find stories of teens abusing prescription drugs?
Need it for a school report. Thanks!
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Answer by lynzzzzzzzzzz
What’s Driving Teens to Abuse Prescription Drugs?
Teens and substance abuse experts say that there are many different reasons for the rise in prescription drug mis-use and abuse by young people. Teens point to personal or family-related stress as a major reason why they mis-use or abuse prescription drugs.
http://www.freevibe.com/Drug_Facts/prescription_whatsdriving.asp
http://www.teens.drugabuse.gov/stories/story_xtc1.asp
http://www.teens.drugabuse.gov/stories/story_mj1.asp
http://www.drugfree.org/Teen/teen_4.html
Teens turn to Internet for prescription drugs
94 percent of Web sites don’t require a doctor’s note, study finds
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15240265/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5061674
I Have a Question for Doctors and Other Drug Prescribing Personel?
Question by Nathan: I have a question for Doctors and other drug prescribing personel?
ok so im depressed and most likely bipolar among other severities and I am looking to see my doctor about some prescriptions, now would it be ok to ask for certain drugs that you want??
and if they ask me if i self medicate(which i do), would it benefit me to say no ? Or to just be honest and tell them that i do, which would be smoking pot, and other drugs lyk cocaine, meth, and maybe even exctasy?? i was just wondering kuz i do want and need the prescriptions but dont wana screw it up for myself.
Mother Who Lost Two Sons to Overdoses Seeks to Help Others
Mother who lost two sons to overdoses seeks to help others
Paul eventually sought treatment. But recovery, experts in addiction say, is rarely a straight path. And, like most recovering addicts, Paul relapsed. He also started selling drugs, his father said. In 2004, the police in Attleboro charged him with …
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“I went from heroin addict to PTA mom”
I agreed to be featured in the film because I thought it would live on after I died from an overdose as a testimonial to the dangers of drug addiction. Yet I survived eight years of heroin addiction. I was one of the lucky few from that time period …
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Officials Comb Wilson to Find Homeless
Officials comb Wilson to find homeless
Some struggle with medical conditions, domestic violence, drug abuse or mental illness, which poses a problem when trying to find housing and keep it. "They have … "But that is not the definition for U.S. Housing and Urban Development,” she said …
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Panel OKs changes to crack down on synthetic drug trade
Chief among the new recommendations is expanding the definition of an illegal drug from a specific chemical compound to anything producing the same effect as a banned drug. Expanding those definitions will enable authorities to “deal with this amoeba …
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Does Drug Addiction Treatment Really Reduce the Spreading of AIDS/HIV?
Question by clara w: Does drug addiction treatment really reduce the spreading of AIDS/HIV?
I know that they’re interrelated, so I was just wondering if drug addiction treatment would lessen HIV victims.
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Answer by ladyluck
yes it would reduce them significantly especially if the patients made a resolve to quit completely apart from trying to please others that serious rehabilitated person will reduce the rates of spread coz of reducing sharing of needles ,it reduces casual sex and reduces chances of that person recruiting another addict its a win win
Teens Who Consume Energy Drinks Are at Higher Risk of Substance Abuse
Teens Who Consume Energy Drinks Are At Higher Risk Of Substance Abuse
However, the latest research says that these teens also show higher rates of alcohol, cigarette or drug use. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 22,000 US secondary students who participated in a University of Michigan study entitled “Monitoring the …
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The NFL does not test players for recreational drugs during the season
That's easy: For players who have not previously tested positive or been arrested on drug-related charges, the league's random testing for what it calls "substances of abuse" only takes place for approximately four months out of the year, all of it …
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