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Teens Using Drugs and Driving

Recent surveys are turning up disturbing news about American teens, their attitudes toward drugs, and their behaviors and actions. A recent survey from the Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS)...

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ADHD Meds Don’t Serve as a ‘Gateway’ to Illegal Drug Use, Study Finds

In the wake of the “study drug” phenomenon, more and more Americans are becoming aware of the risk of abuse that comes with ADHD medicines like Adderall. However, a new review of research on the topic...

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The Abuse of Adderall Can Have Dangerous Side Effects

It could be called a steroid for the brain. That’s because, similar to the way steroids enhance physical performance, this pill boosts some parts of brain function. Used by college students to sharpen...

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Test Your Knowledge During National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month

Over-the-counter cough medicines and prescription drugs have become some of the most commonly abused drugs among teenagers. As the problem reaches crisis levels, the U.S. Senate has decided to take...

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Rural Teens More Likely to Abuse Prescription Drugs Than Urban Teens

Teens who live in rural areas are more likely to abuse prescription drugs than their urban-dwelling peers, according to a new study that will be published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent...

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Pain and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescent Females

Pain is often a precursor for depressive symptoms. It is very easy to understand how chronic pain might over time cause a person to become discouraged, withdrawn or experience other depressive...

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Oxycodone Use Rising Among High School Students

There is a growing problem on high school campuses throughout the nation. More and more of today’s high school students are becoming addicted to the popular pain medication, OxyCodone. A new report in...

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Marijuana Becoming More Popular Among US Teens

A new federal survey shows that smoking marijuana is becoming even more popular among U.S. teens, and that they have cut down on smoking cigarettes, binge drinking, and using methamphetamine. More...

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Teen Abuse of ADHD Medications Shows Sharp Increase

The abuse of prescription medications has been a growing problem for the past 20 years. Now, new research suggests the abuse of stimulants prescribed for ADHD, amphetamines in particular, is rapidly...

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Teenagers Abusing ADHD Drugs

A new medical study found that more teenagers are abusing prescription medication used to treat ADHD. Calls to the National Poison Center related to teenage abuse of ADHD medications increased 76...

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Illicit Drug Use among Teens Down; Prescription Drug Abuse Up

Although fewer 8th, 10th, and 12th graders are reporting illicit drug use, more adolescents are abusing prescription drugs. The University of Michigan’s “Monitoring the Future” study surveyed 48,025...

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Dangerous Pharm Parties Gaining Popularity in Idaho

More and more adolescents are turning up in emergency rooms having overdosed on a concoction of prescription medications after attending “pharm parties,” where juveniles bring a handful of random...

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