Teen AA Program Around Phoenix Helps Sway Youths From Drugs – AZCentral.com

Published May 21, 2013

Teen AA program around Phoenix helps sway youths from drugs – AZCentral.com

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When administrators at Camelback High School suspect a substance-abuse problem, they refer students to Monica Meza or Suzan Patalano, school employees who act as facilitators for Teen Addiction Anonymous. The voluntary program helps students kick …
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Treatment needed to keep Rx abuse from leading to heroin

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Basically, addiction is an adolescent or pediatric illness,” he said. “If we can prevent the onset of mood-altering chemical use until the mid-20s … the lifetime of diagnosis of substance abuse disorder goes down to about 7 to 9 percent. For those …
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Ohio, Indiana Struggle with Impact of Opioids on Injured Workers

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Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller said the bill came out of a study by the Indiana Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force, which looked at the problem of pain-management clinics that dispense addictive controlled substances with little oversight.
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