Tips on Talking to Teens About Drug Use

Published January 8, 2013

Tips on Talking to Teens About Drug Use – In the wake of the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s annual report on teen alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, Dr. Wilson Compton offers tips on how physicians can talk with adolescent patients about drug use. See the related story at tinyurl.com

Schubart: Addiction

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I can hear the "personal responsibility" crowd groaning now, but there is recent hard science supporting this theory of addiction. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, does brain-imaging on addicts, showing conclusively that …
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The Trillion Dollar Fail: How the War on Drugs Was Lost

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Although drug prohibition speaks to a number of controlled substances, reformation of marijuana laws has been the most reasonable starting point in addressing failed drug policy. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, marijuana is the most …
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Prescription drug abuse targeted

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The National Institute on Drug Abuse says 7 million Americans currently abuse prescription drugs. That's more than the number using cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens and inhalants combined. The Indiana State Department of Health says 654 Hoosiers died …
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