Adderall Addiction: Students Misuse Drug to Gain Boost While Studying
Adderall addiction: Students misuse drug to gain boost while studying
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In 2010, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that 11.4 percent of young people ages 12 to 25 used prescription drugs nonmedically within the past year. The study also found that full-time college students, between the ages of 18 and 22 …
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AAFP Outlines Strategies for Combating, Curtailing Prescription Drug Abuse
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"Family physicians recognize that the increase in nonmedical use of prescription drugs is a serious public health problem, and the AAFP is actively working toward a solution to address America's pain management and opioid abuse epidemics," said AAFP …
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Expert: Painkillers top list of prescription drug abuse
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Painkillers top the list of prescription drug abuse in the UAE especially among youngsters, a trend that is more reported than that of alcohol, heroin and THC or marijuana abuse alone, according to a senior health expert. Cannabis is the only illicit …
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MPD provides prescription drug drop-off box
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Pinal County's Prescription Drug Turn-in program has entered a new phase by installing special drug drop-off boxes throughout the county for unused medication and stepping up its public outreach with a free educational curriculum. The Maricopa Police …
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Prescription Drug Addiction: One Woman’s Story – Stacy, a 39-year old Traverse City woman, tells the compelling story of her journey from a normal life as a college-educated doctor’s wife and mother of three, to the dark world of prescription drug addiction and abuse. Follow Stacy’s story, and find out what finally made her seek treatment and get clean. In 2007, 16.3 million Americans age 12 and older took prescription pain relivers, tranquilizers, stimulants, or sedatives for non-medical purposes.* Prescription drug abouse is a real and growing problem in northern Michigan and across the country. * Nidamed 4/20/09 www.munsonhealthcare.org/behavioralhealth
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