NIDA TV Spotlight on Carol Boyd: Prescription Drug Abuse in Youth

NIDA TV Spotlight on Carol Boyd: Prescription Drug Abuse in Youth – NIDA TV interview with University of Michigan Professor and NIDA Grantee, Carol Boyd, Ph.D, M.S.N. following her presentation on Prescription Drug Abuse in Y…

For colleges, does drug testing really prevent drug use?

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"Many schools continue to frame substance use by college students as an enforcement problem and therefore turn to policies such as drug testing as the solution," says Susan Foster, vice president and director of policy research and analysis at the …
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Editorial: Drug abuse controls offer lasting impact

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State health officials are smartly moving forward with a new initiative aimed at curbing an epidemic in our state. The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control is partnering with law enforcement officials to crack down on prescription drug …
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Prescription drug abuse: State needs to do more, group says

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Mississippi, which has seen drug overdose deaths triple since 1999, scored 5 out of 10 on a new report card that grades how well states are doing in their fight against prescription drug abuse. “The rapid rise of abuse requires nothing short of a full …
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