National Drug Facts Week: Teens Take a Stand

Published February 17, 2014

National Drug Facts Week: Teens Take A Stand – Promotional Video: Youth from Montgomery County, Maryland’s TEENWORKS summer program, Howard County Recreation & Parks Voices for Change students and HC Drug…

Sunday, February 16 2014 11:24 PM

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"The dealers push this as being a super high, which it is, but it's also lethal," said Ellen Unterwald, director of the Center for Substance Abuse Research at the Temple University School of Medicine. Users typically don't know how much fentanyl is …
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Allegheny County Youth Survey Aims to Improve Services for Adolescents

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“Which focuses on a whole variety of areas that include everything from drug abuse to physical activity and nutrition to sexual activity to mental health issues,” said Allegheny County Health Department Director Karen Hacker. “Many of the questions on …
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Students talk dating violence, stats and signs

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Johnston and Turning Point help to spread awareness in classrooms throughout February. … behaviors that contribute to teen dating violence: physical abuse, including hitting, holding down or hair pulling; verbal abuse, including yelling, threatening …
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