Recent Drug Abuse Articles page 10

Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Instead of dealing with drug abuse as a health issue in education and treatment centers, drug laws have sent thousands of otherwise law-abiding citizens to prison. But prison time can backfire. Life behind bars is an ideal environment for ...

Reuters - 3,600 adolescents used marijuana for the first time -- 2,500 youngsters abused pain relievers for the first time. More than 76,000 children and teens were in outpatient treatment for alcohol or drug abuse, the report said, and 10,000 in non-hospital ...

Daily Mail - Ifans is smart enough to speak in code where they are concerned - the movie industry frowns upon open drug abuse, even though it is the norm in showbusiness circles. But it's clear that Ifans has taken plenty in his time. "In 2000, I played a ...

Boston Globe - The film, based on a novel, tells the story of "Two teenage girls, Janie who is American and Lana who is Russian, fall in love after meeting at a t.A.T.u concert and are swept into a dangerous world of obsession, drug abuse and murder." t.A.T.u. were ...

Oxfordshire News - The investigation into suspected drug abuse at the property revealed a link with the earlier drug house, which had been closed as a result of antisocial behaviour. PC Paxton added: "Investigations have shown that some of the people involved in this ...

Fresno Bee - William Kennedy, then an athletic department consultant on drug addiction, recognized at the time the drug-abuse policy was not working. Welty said the university now has a policy that combines treatment and suspensions of increasing length. Welty ...

AZCentral.com - ... at Deer Valley Unified School District last month. Shelly Mowrey, director of the Arizona chapter of Partnership for a Drug-Free America, said in many cases, teachers, parents, youth group and church leaders aren't aware of prescription-drug abuse ...

Angus Reid Consultants - (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many adults in Canada are worried about drug abuse, according to a poll by Angus Reid Strategies. 51 per cent of respondents think their country has a serious problem and it affects the whole country, up eight points ...

CNBC - Law enforcement officials say it's a useful tool for fighting prescription drug abuse. Many doctors and privacy advocates say patients are suffering because the government crackdown invades people's privacy and interferes with the doctor-patient ...

MSNBC - Law enforcement officials say it’s a useful tool for fighting prescription drug abuse. Many doctors and privacy advocates say patients are suffering because the government crackdown invades people’s privacy and interferes with the doctor-patient ...