Fire Mountain Sober Home

Fire Mountain Sober Home – Fire Mountain Sober Home is a teenage substance abuse and dual diagnosis residential treatment center in Boulder, CO. Video by Cliff Grassmick.

Study: 10 percent of teens in the ER abuse prescription drugs

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The findings come just two months after a study in the journal The Lancet declared painkiller addictions the worst drug epidemic in U.S. history. In a survey of more than 2,100 teenagers between the ages of 14 and 20 years old who visited the emergency …
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Rx for Abuse: Prescription drug use among teens on the rise

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More than 1/4 of teens (27 percent) believe that misusing or abusing prescription drugs is safer than using street drugs. – 1 in 5 parents (20 percent) have given their teen a prescription drug not prescribed for them. – 14 percent of parents say they …
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University studies find prescription drug abuse rising among teenagers

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Nearly two million Americans are addicted to prescription opioids, a family of drugs that includes the commonly prescribed Vicodin and OxyContin. Two recent University studies further demonstrate the prevalence of these painkillers among adolescents …
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