Parent Education: Understanding Teen Addiction Part 1

Parent Education: Understanding Teen Addiction Part 1 – The Progression of Chemical Use from Experimentation to Addiction:an understanding of the differences”drug abusers” enabling denial “drug testing” “Sacrament…

Survey: Teen marijuana use up

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In this four-part series, The News interviewed experts on the possible reasons for this trend, what they say are the long-term effects of recreational marijuana use by teenagers, drug treatment options, and, finally, Tennessee NORML on that group's …
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Drug-take-back events help reduce abuse risk

Filed under: teen drug abuse

BENTON — In 2007, the Office of National Drug Control Policy reported that Arkansas had the worst teen prescription-drug-abuse problems in America. In 2010-2011, Arkansas ranked third highest in the U.S. for nonmedical abuse of prescription pain …
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