Survey of Teen Drug Use Released

Survey of Teen Drug Use Released

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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) released its revised 2012 survey, "Monitoring the Future," which questioned 46,733 students in the 8th, 10th and 12th grades about their drug use. For the first time, the survey also includes "bath salts," a …
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National Institute on Drug Abuse to announce results of 2012 Monitoring the

Filed under: drug addiction

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) will hold a press conference on Wednesday, Dec. 19, to announce the results of its 2012 Monitoring the Future survey (MTF). The survey, funded by NIDA — part of the National Institutes of Health — tracks …
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OUR OPINION: 3 ways officials are compassionately combating drug abuse

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It's not just families who must battle the challenges presented by the growing ranks of drug addicts. Law enforcement and health care workers are on those same front lines. It's been documented that the jump in break-ins on the South Shore has been …
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Drug addiction rampant on Kabul streets – Afghanistan grows 90% of the world’s opium and has a drug problem, with only a few trying to help. Anna Coren reports.

 

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