ViewFinder – Collision Course: Teen Addiction Epidemic – KVIE

ViewFinder – Collision Course: Teen Addiction Epidemic – KVIE – Teen substance abuse is one of America’s top public health problems and can devastate our youth and their families. Experience the struggles of victims and t…

Teens shun synthetic pot for the real thing

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ABOUT THE STUDY. Monitoring the Future, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan, has surveyed high school seniors since 1975. … A growing number of teens see the drugs as dangerous.
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Suspect in Heidelberg teen's overdose drug death released on bail

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Christine Padaric talked publicly after her son's death to help educate teens and their parents about the dangers of drug abuse. She said Austin died after an accidental overdose of hydromorphone pills, a narcotic pain reliever that is crushed and …
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Fewer teens trying dangerous synthetic marijuana, study shows

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Teenagers are smoking less tobacco and drinking less alcohol, but they're using more marijuana, according to a new report by the National Institute of Drug Abuse. More than 60 percent of high school seniors do not view marijuana use as harmful and 23 …
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