Stay Tuned | Prescription Drug Abuse | Misuse Leads to Abuse

Published November 11, 2013

Stay Tuned | Prescription Drug Abuse | Misuse Leads to Abuse – Part 2 of 8.

'Golden press:' Teenage mental illness soars in wealthy US, UK families

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

The richer sectors of society are facing a crisis of eating disorders, drug abuse and self-harm, mostly due to “unrealistic” expectations pinned on kids. … However, the highest rates of mental illness are still found in children from the very poorest …
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Substance–abuse prevention programs could return to Ontario County schools

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

HOPEWELL — A Geneva-based agency has received the go-ahead to run a substance-abuse prevention service in school districts, something Ontario County discontinued this year. At Wednesday's county Board of Supervisors' Health and Medical Services …
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Paramus police force re-allocates officer to schools

Filed under: drug abuse statistics

PARAMUS — The Police Department has reinstated a school resource and Drug Abuse Resistance Education officer to the eight schools after discontinuing the program two years ago because of a staffing shortage. Detective James Teehan began working in …
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