Public Health & Prescription Drug Abuse (Fall ’12)
Public Health & Prescription Drug Abuse (Fall ’12) – HLTH-202 Welsh Dept. of Public Health Sciences Clemson University This video is part of a site that contains samples of student video projects for an “Introd…
Forget the liquor cabinet: More teens are absuing drugs from the medicine cabinet
Filed under: teenage drug abuse
Your teenagers are boozing less and using fewer street drugs like cocaine and ecstasy than previous generations did. On the other hand, they're nowgetting high on prescription painkillers like oxycodone and Vicodin. Though overall teen drug use is down …
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MTV's '16 and Pregnant,' Derided by Some, May Resonate as a Cautionary Tale
Filed under: teenage drug abuse
A new economic study of Nielsen television ratings and birth records suggests that the show she appeared in, “16 and Pregnant,” and its spinoffs may have prevented more than 20,000 births to teenage mothers in 2010. The paper, to be released Monday by …
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Teen Smoking, Drinking Rates Are On The Decline; Marijuana Use Is Up
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These attitudes are just some of the findings of the latest University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, survey that looks at how teen smoking — among other substance use — has dropped considerably between 1975 and 2013. The University of Michigan's Monitoring …
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