Jackie Heath: We Can Protect Our Youth — Monitor, Secure and Dispose Medications

Jackie Heath: We can protect our youth — monitor, secure and dispose medications

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In January of this year, the California Senate recognized the compelling and startling statistics related to this and determined that the month of March, each year, is proclaimed to be Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Month. The Senate encourages all …
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Why New York's Latest Campaign To Lower Teen Pregnancy Could Backfire

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Research on other attempts to use shame to address obesity, smoking and drug addictions suggests that the results are not good. … A review of the research on using confrontation to shame and humiliate people in addiction treatment concluded that …
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Abuse of drugs 'has long legacy'

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Ms Cunningham said: "These figures indicate a reducing number of young people are accessing treatment. We know from other statistics that this is part of a trend which shows that fewer young people are using hard drugs such as heroin and cocaine." …
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Drinking problems become another hidden cost of recession

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South Miami Recovery – an outpatient treatment center for substance abuse – has seen an increase in patients who say their alcohol consumption has become a problem since the start of the recession, according to Howard Lerner, the center's director …
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