How Parents Can Assess a Teen Is at Risk for Drug Abuse

Published May 3, 2013

How Parents Can Assess a Teen Is at Risk for Drug Abuse – David Sack, M.D., addiction psychiatrist helps parents understand the risk factors for teen drug abuse as he did in his Huffington Post column, How to Assess…

Events help rid unused drugs from medicine cabinets, 'where addictions start'

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Studies show that individuals who abused prescription drugs often obtained them from family or friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Officials said many Americans do not know how to properly dispose of unused medicine, often flushing them …
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Help Combat Prescription Drug Abuse, Discard Your Old Meds

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"The abuse of these drugs damages our families and communities," John Arvanitis, special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, said in a statement. "This take-back day is an opportunity for everyone to remove these …
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Circles of Support participants sample life as an ex-inmate

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“Ben Burns,” with the ankle bracelet, wasn't allowed to be away from home for more than three minutes in any given “week” — making it all that much harder to go out and get an occupational license, apply for a job and make an appointment for alcohol …
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