Torin – A video excerpt from a BSCS module entitled Drug Abuse, Addiction, and the Adolescent Brain. See the program tour for this module at http://www.bscs.org/drug…

 

Battle against drug addiction focus of Upper Darby hearing

Filed under: drug abuse addiction

Dunlap was one of several speakers at the county's first Drug Abuse and Heroin Awareness Forum presented by the Delaware County Heroin Task Force, which drew about 75 people to the Upper Darby Performing Arts Center. Delaware County Council and …
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Prescription Drug Abuse Up 33% In Teens; Parents Believe The Stimulants …

Filed under: drug abuse addiction

A new study indicates parents and caregivers are too lax and ineffectively communicating with teens about drug abuse, after finding a 33 percent increase in misuse and abuse of prescription medication such as Ritalin and Adderall in the last five years.
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Scientists Develop Experimental Vaccine to Treat Heroin Addiction – Jewish Voice

Filed under: drug abuse addiction

Their addiction, and frequent use of contaminated syringes, put heroin users at risk of a variety of diseases – notably HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C. They are also more likely to die prematurely, either from a drug overdose or the violence related to drug …
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