Pregnant Pause

Pregnant pause

Filed under: teen drug abuse

Children born into such homes are at elevated risk of living in poverty and being exposed to drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence and run-ins with the law. Why pregnancy rates have fallen — other than because kids are wising up — is unclear.
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Caraga youths turns-over proposed Butuan City Youth Code to vice mayor

Filed under: teen drug abuse

… youth development services and programs by institutions and parties within the jurisdiction of Butuan City; and 6) to avert many future problems such as school drop-outs, juvenile delinquency, high rate of teen-age pregnancy, drug abuse and crime, etc.
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Bloomy the pill pusher

Filed under: teen drug abuse

(The rate of teen pregnancy in the city has dropped more than 25 percent in a decade.) So officials took it upon … doses of the drug were dispensed during the 2011-12 school year by Health Department doctors and school nurses. That number grew like a …
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Deadly Dope: Confronting a local problem

Filed under: teen drug abuse

Their families and friends say their battles with substance abuse began in their teens, something that local experts say is common. At least four others died of heroin-related causes in Parker County last year, as well, according to Tarrant County …
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Drug Abuse in Teens is SERIOUS – Yess i will stand up for what I believe in and drug abuse is a growing trauma among young society. I hope this inspires many hearts =)