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How to Spot Signs if Your Teen Is at Risk

How to spot signs if your teen is at risk

Filed under: teen drug abuse

Would you know it could be a signal that your teen is anorexic? Parents can learn to spot warning signs of drug abuse, eating disorders or criminal behavior at “Hidden in Plain Sight,” a traveling bedroom that will be set up Monday at Malone University.
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Police arrest 5 for murder of toddlers

Filed under: teen drug abuse

Sales are expected to begin by the middle of next year, with supporters in Washington hoping taxed pot might bring the state tens or hundreds of millions of dollars, with much of the revenue directed to public health and drug-abuse prevention. "What …
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Sexting and Slang: Detecting teens' risky secrets

Filed under: teen drug abuse

Teens are abusing other drugs, too — cocaine, inhalants, ecstasy, heroin and hallucinogenic drugs showed up on the survey. The National Institute on Drug Abuse's 2012 survey, Monitoring the Future, found marijuana remains the most abused drug by …
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