Prescription Drug Abuse

Published June 19, 2013

Prescription Drug Abuse – This video shows the statistics showing the rapid increase of prescription drug abuse among teenagers today. I made this video as part of my health project f…

Health Department Asks Doctors To Help Fight SI Prescription Drug Abuse

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… the New York City Health Department is asking doctors working there to help fight prescription drug abuse. NY1's Amanda Farinacci filed the following report. They are powerful and sobering statistics that by now are well-known. The rate of …
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Smoking During Pregnancy Increases Child's Risk Of Substance Abuse, Risky …

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Altered reward processing in these children indicates a need to participate in risky behaviors, like unsafe driving or drug use or abuse, for the pleasure they feel afterward. In a study of 177 teens aged 13 to 15 who had been exposed to cigarettes …
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Oakland Tribune editorial: California Assembly should pass bill to stem …

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The deaths of Troy Pack, 10, and his sister, Alana, 7, focused attention on prescription drug abuse. The driver, Jimena Barreto, had consumed about 120 Vicodin pills in about 20 days. She had obtained prescriptions for the medication from doctors.
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