A Dangerous Path: Teens and Drug Abuse


 

A Dangerous Path: Teens and Drug Abuse – A November 2012 special report on KIMT News 3. Sarah Danik follows three stories, with three different outcomes.

 

Good things never come from drug use

Filed under: drug abuse help for teens

Help us stop. I think no drugs allowed. Research showed that in 2009 drug induced deaths were at a shocking 39,147 in the United States according to FDA. The facts and figures online report that more than 2,000 teens begin abusing drugs each day.
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Pickens County rallies against prescription drug abuse

Filed under: drug abuse help for teens

Chad Brooks with the Pickens County Sheriff's Office said a lot of drug abuse can start in the teenage years. “It's a popular misconception, especially among teenagers, that since it's a pill prescribed by a physician then it must be OK, it won't hurt …
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The Gay Scene: "The Biggest Suicide Cult in History"! Say What Now?

Filed under: drug abuse help for teens

Despite the current youth culture being brought up with the mantra that safer sex saves lives, HIV cases are just as high as 15 years ago and are being fueled by rampant alcoholism and drug abuse within the gay scene itself. Now I can't judge; I was …
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