Making a Dent in Youth Substance Abuse

Published March 11, 2014

Making a dent in youth substance abuse
Marijuana is the second leading drug of choice (after alcohol) by the youth in our community, with 49 percent of 11th graders stating that they had used marijuana in their lifetime and 24 percent stating that they had used it in the past 30 days …
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Program's end reopens debate on clean needles for drug users
The California Department of Public Health conducted a five-year study after the 2004 law was implemented and before the program went statewide, which concluded there was no evidence of an increase in drug use or crime in areas that allowed syringes to …
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E-cigarettes gain fans, critics as 'vaping' spreads
Mary Lynn Tollison of the Spartanburg Alcohol & Drug Abuse Commission (SADAC) said she worries that because of the many flavors made available by retailers, underage smokers will flock to vaping, which has been dogged by a lack of long-term scientific …
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