Prescription Drug Abuse Up Among U.S. Teens: Survey

Prescription Drug Abuse Up Among U.S. Teens: Survey
TUESDAY, April 23 (HealthDay News) — The United States appears to be in the throes of a prescription drug abuse crisis among teens, with a new survey showing that 24 percent of high school students — more than 5 million kids — have abused these medications.
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Abuse, theft of prescription drugs on the rise, N.D. attorney general says
BISMARCK – Prescription drug abuse and theft are on the rise in North Dakota as children and thieves increasingly hunt for unused medications in medicine cabinets and bathroom drawers, with some burglars going so far as to target homes of the recently …
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Drug Take-Back Day: Find out where to dispose unwanted drugs – NewsOXY
One major goal of the program is to reduce prescription drug abuse and overdose deaths. In 2010, more than 22,000 people in the United States died of prescription drug overdoses. Family and friends are the source for access to over half of all abused …
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Schneiderman to promote drug take-back, heroin antidote programs
Prescription drug abuse is the fastest-growing drug problem in America, and 70 percent of youth get their prescription drugs from family and friends, according to Schneiderman's office. Painkillers are stolen by home burglars, who raid medicine …
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Cheating Dean McDermott VIDEO: Broke Tori Spelling Avoids Divorce by Drug …
It's official. Dean McDermott is guilty of cheating on his wife, and we have the video to prove it. Now rumors are circulating that because Tori Spelling is too broke to divorce her cheating husband, she has turned to drug use and anorexia to get …
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