Prescription Drug Abuse Skyrocketing in Teens

Prescription drug abuse skyrocketing in teens

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Police say teens are abusing many prescriptions drugs including painkillers like oxycodone and anti-anxiety pills like Klonopin, Xanax, and Valium. Police say teens often steal prescription drugs from medicine cabinets and then sell the pills. "Within …
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New Canaan celebrates the family dinner

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There's no denying that families can be fragmented by virtue of kids' busy sports schedules, arts or other afterschool activities, spouses who travel extensively for business, teens who work into the dinner hour. … a free family dinner at the Y …
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Detectives tight-lipped on young adult overdoses

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Orange County detectives remained tight-lipped Monday about the investigation into an overdose case that led to the death of one teen and injured four other young adults over the weekend. Deputies responded to … While the medical examiner was given …
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