Rampant Prescription Drug Abuse Demands New Controls (Op-Ed)

Rampant Prescription Drug Abuse Demands New Controls (Op-Ed)
Scott Krakower, D.O., is a child and adolescent psychiatrist at North Shore-LIJ's Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, N.Y. He is also assistant professor of psychiatry at the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine.He contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Rates of prescription drug abuse are quite alarming, and such abuse may now lead the country in … drug abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

KSC students release findings of drug use at Keene High School
Keene State College students concluded a semester long study of drug abuse at Keene High School with the release of its findings, which they hope will be used for an ?open and honest conversation? with the community about substance abuse at the high school. drug abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Teens' Marijuana Use Continues to Rise
An increasing number of high-school students say they don't think regular marijuana use is harmful, according to a new report from the National Institutes of Health. About 6.5 percent of high-school seniors said they regularly smoked marijuana in 2013, compared with 6 percent in 2003 and 2.4 percent in 1993, according to the report, which was sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and … drug abuse – Yahoo News Search Results