Locking Down Prescription Drug Abuse by Tweens/Teens
Locking Down Prescription Drug Abuse by Tweens/Teens
We’ve all heard the horror stories of parents who have had to deal with a child struggling with addiction, stealing to support a habit, or perhaps worse, dying from an accidental overdose or drug-induced suicide. But the drug epidemic of this generation …… Continue reading
Locking Down Prescription Drug Abuse by Tweens/Teens
Locking Down Prescription Drug Abuse by Tweens/Teens
We’ve all heard the horror stories of parents who have had to deal with a child struggling with addiction, stealing to support a habit, or perhaps worse, dying from an accidental overdose or drug-induced suicide. But the drug epidemic of this generation …… Continue reading
Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime
Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime
In a survey released today by the Pew Research Center, 87 percent of people characterized drug abuse is either a “crisis” or a “serious problem” in the U.S. That number hasn’t changed much in nearly twenty years. What has changed is… Continue reading
Dr. Ablow: ‘Faces of Drug Arrests’ May Not Face Real Truth About Drug Abuse
Dr. Ablow: ‘Faces of Drug Arrests’ may not face real truth about drug abuse
I’d like to see a commercial in which someone is using laxatives or sitting on a toilet for a long time because their oxycodone has made them so constipated. Opiate users really do object to that… Continue reading
Surveys Yet to Link Medical Marijuana and Teen Drug Abuse
Surveys yet to link medical marijuana and teen drug abuse
“We cannot draw a clean link between medical marijuana and shifting drug usage rates,” said Dr. Wilson Compton, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Surveys can be unclear because they rely on kids to honestly report their… Continue reading
Surveys Yet to Link Medical Marijuana and Teen Drug Abuse
Surveys yet to link medical marijuana and teen drug abuse
“We cannot draw a clean link between medical marijuana and shifting drug usage rates,” said Dr. Wilson Compton, deputy director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Surveys can be unclear because they rely on kids to honestly report their… Continue reading