Bridgewater College to Host Conference on Substance Abuse Prevention

Bridgewater College to host conference on substance abuse prevention

Filed under: teen drug abuse

“While it is true that faith and fellowship provide significant protective factors for reducing substance use and abuse, many folks in our various faith communities end up leaving just when they need support the most, generally in their late teens and …
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N.C. Child Fatalities Task Force notes rise in prescription drug deaths

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“This trend is driven by teen misuse of prescription drugs. It is consistent with national trends across all age groups; indeed abuse of these controlled substances is surpassing motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of injury death in the United …
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Athletes will be drug tested

Filed under: teen drug abuse

According to an August survey by the National Center on Addiction and Substance abuse, 60 percent of high school students say they attend a drug-infected school, where drugs are used, kept or sold on school grounds. This year's survey took a deeper …
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Teen Marijuana Use May Show No Effect On Brain Tissue, Unlike Alcohol, Study

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Still, Duncan Clark, a medical doctor who was not involved in the study and who studies teen substance abuse, said the study is valuable because similar research has only conducted a one-time test instead of tests before and after a period of substance …
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