ALCOHOL – UK
Are British Youth Drinking And Bingeing More? – Medical News Today
The UK Youth Alcohol Action plan was released in June - targeting alcohol use by underage drinkers. The report cites encouraging evidence.
ALCOHOL – UK
How To Save $1 Billion And 800 Lives In Canada – Medical News Today
The economic burden of alcohol abuse costs each Canadian $463 per year. In fact, the direct health care costs for alcohol abuse in Canada exceed those of cancer.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription Drug Proposal Expands – WEEK TV
It’s one class project that’s stretching way beyond school grounds. Students at Pontiac Township High School developed the Prescription Drug Disposal Program about five months ago.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Prescription drug abuse rising among youth – Union Democrat
Alcohol has long been the cornerstone of youthful experimentation. More and more, teens and young adults are tapping into those child-safe orange bottles as an additional means to a high.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
5 Ways to Avoid Prescription Drugs – Stop Aging Now
Before you get that prescription filled, consider what lifestyle changes you could make, first. Just these five changes can make a big difference in your condition or your risk.
METH – USA
Report: Valley teens’ attitudes about meth are changing – ABC TV News
It’s hard not to notice the billboards around the Valley. You know, the ones showing methamphetamine addicts in all their glory, sores on the mouths, rotted out teeth and skin aged beyond their years.
METH – USA
Acoma hosts meth awareness meeting – Cibola County Beacon
It isn’t here in full force, but it will be. It is methamphetamine and it will not let you go once it takes hold.
MARIJUANA – USA
Marijuana more potent than ever – Los Angeles Times
Marijuana is more potent than at any time since scientific analysis of the drug began in the 1970s, according to a report from the University of Mississippi’s Potency Monitoring Project.
MARIJUANA – UK
US report says Marijuana strength increasing – Telegraph
Marijuana strength has increased to its highest levels in more than 30 years, according to a report by scientists.
PRESCRIPTION – USA
Legal Drugs Kill Far More Than Illegal, Florida Says – The New York Times
From “Scarface” to “Miami Vice,” Florida’s drug problem has been portrayed as the story of a single narcotic: cocaine. But for Floridians, prescription drugs are increasingly a far more lethal habit.
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