Eye to Eye With Katie Couric: Rx Drug Abuse (CBS News)

Eye To Eye With Katie Couric: Rx Drug Abuse (CBS News) – Only On The Web”: In the war on drugs the abuse of prescription medication among teens is up. Steve Pasierb of Partnership for a Drug-Free America has more o…

Teen drug overdose deaths surpass car accident deaths in U.S.

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The report also focuses on how many teens receive treatment for substance abuse in a single day; 71,000 teens in outpatient treatment plus over 10,000 more in other forms of treatment. The number of teens dying from drug overdoses and abuse now …
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Bad teenagers could be tomorrow's Bill Gates

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You could be very wrong. That drug-dealing truant could be the next Bill Gates, according to a study which equates risk-taking behaviour with the sort of qualities in some of the world's most successful business moguls. … Clients swindled for drug …
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Marijuana More Risky For Teens Than Previously Thought: Study

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"When you disrupt this, actually, development, during adolescence, notably through cannabis use, you can have very pervasive, very negative effects in the long-term, including on mental health and addiction risk," he told CBC News. Some studies have …
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