Substance Abuse and the Adolescent Brain, Part II: Behavioral Symptoms


 

Substance Abuse and the Adolescent Brain, Part II: Behavioral Symptoms – Second in a series discussing the disease of addiction, brain development and the adolescent brain’s unique vulnerability to addiction, and the particular challenges of recognizing and treating the problem among this population. Presented by Alex Kirby, Psy.D., Executive Director of Montford Hall.

 

It's Time To Update NM Workers' Comp Law

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Among them: ? A new approach to apportioning responsibility when a worker's drug or alcohol abuse contributes to a work-related accident. ? An amendment to combat the growing problem of pain medication abuse. ? Ending the requirement to pay benefits …
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That demon rum

Filed under: drug abuse symptoms

The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) was forced to launch a public education campaign last summer against teen drinking, after the agency found that teens as young as 13 years old were becoming severely intoxicated at parties despite the legal …
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PENINSULA PROFILE: Trooper uses job to make difference in people's lives

Filed under: drug abuse symptoms

“I love the work,” the trooper says. “I'm where I'm supposed to be at this point in my life.” And on a two-hour ride-along with a reporter, Snider spoke with empathy for the people he stops on the highway, be they speeders or people in the grip of drug …
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Warning Signs and Symptoms of Prescription Drug Abuse #Addiction http://t.co/vohauqZ1 – by TriCity90067 (Tri City Institute)

 

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the problem with people is they treat the symptoms, rather than the disease. which is perhaps the reason of drug abuse, self harm, ect. – by elfonjupiter (Meagan)