Prescription Drug Abuse: A Healthy Kids Series

Prescription Drug Abuse: A Healthy Kids Series

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Too often, parents are clueless when it comes to the prescription-drug abuse epidemic among high school and even middle school teens– missing early warning signs and fumbling opportunities to educate themselves and protect their kids. During October …
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The stigma of drug addiction: “I felt inadequate, inferior, ashamed”

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In 2010, a survey by the UK Drug Policy Commission found that 22 per cent of people think that drug addicts don't deserve sympathy, and that one in four think that most people wouldn't become addicted in they had good parents. Last week, Sue helped …
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Study: Alcohol, drug abuse counselors don't always require total abstinence

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The researchers surveyed 913 members of the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Counselors from across the United States. About 50 percent of the respondents said it would be acceptable if some of their clients who abused alcohol …
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