How Parents Can Assess a Teen Is at Risk for Drug Abuse

Published February 1, 2014

How Parents Can Assess a Teen Is at Risk for Drug Abuse – David Sack, M.D., addiction psychiatrist helps parents understand the risk factors for teen drug abuse as he did in his Huffington Post column, How to Assess…

Colo. Teen Addiction Centers Gear Up for Legal Pot

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Dr. Christian Thurstone, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado and the head of the teen rehab center Adolescent STEP: Substance Abuse Treatment Education & Prevention Program, said 95 percent of patient referrals to the program are …
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School drug tests ineffective in keeping teens away from substance abuse

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The drug testing, being done in about 20 percent of high schools in the United States, is generally administered to students who participate in sports and after-school clubs, and those who are suspected to be using drugs. However, in a new study …
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