Kids Recovering From Addiction Educational Documentary

Published February 22, 2014

Kids Recovering from Addiction Educational Documentary –

Hispanic teens and adults differ significantly when it comes to drug abuse

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When it comes to drug abuse, Hispanic teens and adults are not representative of one another; Hispanic teens are more likely to abuse drugs compared to peers while Hispanic adults are less likely to abuse drugs. The compilation of data comes from a …
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Legalization is not the only choice

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For those who start using as teens, 17% become addicted. For daily users, it's 25-50% (National Co-morbidity Survey, 1994). In 2011 marijuana was the illicit drug with the highest rate of past year dependence or abuse in the US, followed by pain …
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Looking at medical marijuana from opposite sides of the fence

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It gets pretty complicated because the National Institute on Drug Abuse [NIDA] actually has control of the only legal supply of marijuana in the country for testing. Both the American Medical Association and American College of … A lot of medications …
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