Part II: Will County HELPS Symposium on Heroin Use Addresses Education and

Part II: Will County HELPS Symposium on Heroin Use Addresses Education and

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Despite the fact that society tells kids that heroin is always bad, they receive contradictory messages about drug use. While smoking marijuana is illegal, it's also widely perceived as somewhat "acceptable." Burke said kids know that a lot of Baby …
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Are gay people seven times more likely to take drugs than the general public?

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Full Fact brings the numbers out of the closet. 2 out of 5 … Via a questionnaire that asked about respondents' drug use in the previous month, the research found that 65 per cent of the sample did not admit to taking any illegal drugs in the past …
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Prescription Drug Use Declines While Pot Remains Popular

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According to a new survey, since 2002 prescription drug abuse for young people has dropped 14 percent. Furthermore, there's been a decrease across all age levels in the number of people who abuse narcotic pain pills, tranquilizers, stimulants and …
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