Teen Prescription Drug Abuse on the Rise

Teen Prescription Drug Abuse On the Rise –

Communities across US reduce teen smoking, drinking, violence and crime

Filed under: teen drug abuse

The study was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism …
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Teen spared jail over 'rage' incident at children's home

Filed under: teen drug abuse

The young boy, who has been living in a mainstream HSE run care unit for troubled teens, needed to get counselling for substance abuse and mental health issues, the court had been told. Judge O'Connor has said it seemed likely that the boy suffered …
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Four more detained over teen's death

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Chan Chun-yu's mother, Huang Fen-chueh (???), who has been detained since last week and named a defendant, allegedly told prosecutors that her son died from taking recreational drugs, not abuse. However, prosecutors said an autopsy found no signs …
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