Drug Abuse: Young Addicts

Drug Abuse: Young Addicts – For many youth, keeping off drugs is an everyday struggle especially because many factors such as peer pressure and flashy drug marketing conspire to expose …

Drug Use Drops for America's Youth, Rises in the Over 50 Crowd

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Drug use among America's youth is dropping, but it's booming among people over 50, a U.S. government survey released Wednesday shows. Last year, the rate of illicit drug use among children and teenagers 12 to 17 years old dropped to 9.5 percent, down …
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Opana drug abuse on the rise

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The Centers for Disease Control says the abuse of Opana is now an epidemic. Local law enforcement and Triad doctors are seeing an increase in the abuse of the strong prescription pain-killer even resulting in a local death.
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