NIDA TV Spotlight on Carol Boyd: Prescription Drug Abuse in Youth

NIDA TV Spotlight on Carol Boyd: Prescription Drug Abuse in Youth – NIDA TV interview with University of Michigan Professor and NIDA Grantee, Carol Boyd, Ph.D, M.S.N. following her presentation on Prescription Drug Abuse in Y…

Heart disease, drug abuse highlight health survey

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Another major concern was substance abuse in the county, Jarrell said — specifically, prescription drugs that are filled in Richmond County. In 2011, a total of 124,667, or a rate of 2.67, prescription pain killers were filled in Richmond County. This …
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Kasich aims to start conversations to fight drug abuse

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D. Brent Mulgrew, executive director of the State Medical Association, said it considers prescription-drug abuse a “public-health crisis in Ohio” and has taken a leadership role in addressing it. “The Start Talking campaign is yet another important and …
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Forget the liquor cabinet: More teens are absuing drugs from the medicine cabinet

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Though overall teen drug use is down nationwide, more teens abuse prescription drugs than any other drug except marijuana. Teens are abusing prescription drugs because they're easy to get and they're often free — pilfered from the legal prescription …
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Campaign team: Livingston County's substance–abusing teens are a minority

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94 percent of high school students have not abused prescription drugs in the past 30 days. “As adults, we know how dangerous drug use is for our kids, but these survey results show that teens are getting the message, too,” project coordinator Karen …
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