youth substance abuse

The New Drugs Craze Sweeping South Africa With Fatal Consequences

The New Drugs Craze Sweeping South Africa with Fatal Consequences — http://video.news.sky.com/skynews/video/ Drug addicts in South Africa are robbing HIV-positive patients of their medication to get high. Called ‘whoonga’ it’…


Woman spared longer jail term to get help with drug addiction
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Grant to Help Niskayuna Group Target Teen Alcohol, Drug Use

Grant to help Niskayuna group target teen alcohol, drug use

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Grant to help Niskayuna group target teen alcohol, drug use. Wednesday … NISKAYUNA — Fighting youth substance abuse in Niskayuna will be the focus of a new $ 625,000 federal grant awarded this week… Continue reading

Drug Menace: Addicts Give De-Addiction Treatment a Miss

Drug menace: Addicts give de-addiction treatment a miss

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As many as 51 drug addicts, who were addicted to ganja, heroin, charas, tablets or any other substances, have availed de-addiction treatment at two prominent de-addiction centres in the city in the past three years.… Continue reading

Coalition Targets High School Students to Prevent Drug and Alcohol Use

Coalition targets high school students to prevent drug and alcohol use

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According to the 2012 Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey, 35.2 percent of Clay County high school students have used alcohol in the past 30 days, which is higher than the statewide average of… Continue reading

Novartis Drug Exjade(R) Recommended by CHMP for EU Approval to Treat

Novartis drug Exjade(R) recommended by CHMP for EU approval to treat

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Novartis International AG / Novartis drug Exjade® recommended by CHMP for EU approval to treat patients with non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia syndromes . Processed …. [3] Musallam KM, Cappellini MD, Wood JC, Motta… Continue reading

ASA: Illicit Drug Abuse Down, Prescription Drug Abuse Up

ASA: Illicit Drug Abuse Down, Prescription Drug Abuse Up

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Emergency room data from 2007 to 2009 indicate that illicit drug abuse is decreasing, while prescription drug abuse is increasing, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, held… Continue reading