Yet Another Harrowing Story of White Collar Addiction

Yet Another Harrowing Story of White Collar Addiction

Filed under: drug abuse help for teenagers

The story chronicles the short life of Richard Fee, a popular young pre-med who, after dabbling in fast-acting stimulants in college, faked his way into an ADHD diagnosis and, within months of filling his first prescription, began heavily abusing the …
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MPD Encourages Use of Drug Take Back Boxes

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Captain Shane Charles encourages residents to use the Drug Take Back Boxes as a means to reduce access to prescription drugs in the community, especially among the teen population. More teens abuse prescription drugs than cocaine, heroin, …
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Elk River Treatment Program Reports on Adolescent Prescription Drug Abuse

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According to the 2012 report from the National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens, the most commonly abused prescription and over the counter drugs are Opioids, such as the pain relievers OxyContin and Vicodin, central nervous system depressants …
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DEADLY DOPE: Heroin deaths hit Weatherford hard

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… in psychology to help others. But last fall, the three 24-year-old men, who at one point attended Weatherford High School together, lost their battle with drug addiction, dying of heroin-related causes within a month of each other. … Get help for …
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