prescription drug abuse

How Would You Scare the Shit Out of a Teenager Who Is Involved in Drugs or Anybody for That Matter ?

Question by johan: How would you scare the shit out of a teenager who is involved in drugs or anybody for that matter ?
Why drug taking has become a sort of an attraction to the younger generation..?, and we… Continue reading

Overdose Deaths From Prescription Drug Abuse Skyrocketing in Southwestern … – Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Overdose deaths from prescription drug abuse skyrocketing in southwestern … – Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Overdose deaths from prescription drug abuse skyrocketing in southwestern
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Prescription drug abuse is an epidemic in Pennsylvania, and legislators and law enforcement… Continue reading

Alcohol and Weed

Alcohol and weed
I believe it was Nora Volkow, longtime director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse (and a ringer for Latka's girlfriend in “Taxi,” which is neither here nor there) who explained at a conference on addiction I… Continue reading

Elderly Also Face Prescription Drug Abuse – Daily Comet

Elderly also face prescription drug abuse – Daily Comet

Elderly also face prescription drug abuse
Daily Comet
Screening for drug abuse in the elderly is difficult because most will deny symptoms and usage. Most elderly patients will try to hide… Continue reading

Elderly Also Face Prescription Drug Abuse – Houma Courier

Elderly also face prescription drug abuse – Houma Courier

Elderly also face prescription drug abuse
Houma Courier
Like younger patients who abuse prescription drugs, elderly abusers have a high rate of psychiatric problems due to addiction. Unlike younger… Continue reading

Percentage of Illicit Drug Use in the Past Month Among 12- to 17-Year-Olds – Boston Globe

Percentage of illicit drug use in the past month among 12- to 17-year-olds – Boston Globe

Percentage of illicit drug use in the past month among 12- to 17-year-olds
Boston Globe
Annual averages based on National Survey on Drug Use… Continue reading