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Rehab For Young People Can Truly Save Lives
For young people who struggle with drug and alcohol abuse, the concern for their well-being does not stop there.
A recent article has information about a study conducted in Australia, that one in three youths who struggle with drugs and alcohol have also tried suicide. Those who work with rehabilitating young people also realize that there is more to their addiction than over consumption.
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A recent study in the Archives of General Psychiatry revealed high numbers of teens who are experimenting with drugs and alcohol, putting them at risk for early dependency and social and physical problems that may plague them for the rest of their lives. Between February 2001 and January 2004, researchers surveyed alcohol and drug exposure and use among 10,123 teens aged 13 to 18. Of those teens, 78 percent had already experienced their first taste of alcohol and 42.5 percent had already experimented drugs.
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Recently in Wyoming, there have been three young people all hospitalized because of kidney failure due to an outbreak that is linked to the drug Spice. Authorities there say the designer drug has caused quite an outbreak in the area and many Casper residents have sought treatment for medical issues ranging from back pain to vomiting.
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Teenagers who have problems getting off the Internet are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol, which could point to the possibility that they have “addictive personalities,” according to new research from Aristotle University in Greece.
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17 Mar 2012
Teen Prescription Drug Abuse
Teenagers are not oblivious to their parents’ upsurge in use of prescription medications. In fact, many teens are robbing the family medicine bottles to feed their own addiction to prescription drugs, highlights a recent article.
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09 Mar 2012
When Your Teen Enters Drug Detox
It is hard to watch our children struggle. Addiction is a struggle that can be painful and lonely for the person involved and for the family members closest to him/her. When it is your teen struggling with addiction the combination of pain over their plight and your own feelings of loneliness and despair can seem overwhelming.
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In a recent report released in USA Today, roughly 70 percent of high school juniors and seniors said that being under the influence of marijuana while you’re behind the wheel of a car is dangerous. That percentage is down almost eight percent from previous years. The number of teens experimenting with pot is also up.
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10 Feb 2012
Prescription Drugs are Being Used at an Alarming Rate by Students to Boost Academic Performance
Students are losing sight of hard work in favor of the “easy A”, according to a recent article. Prescription drugs, like Adderall, are becoming as synonymous as coffee and energy drinks to enable undergraduates to stay on the Dean’s List.
