drug and alcohol abuse

How Parents Can Assess a Teen Is at Risk for Drug Abuse

How Parents Can Assess a Teen Is at Risk for Drug Abuse
David Sack, M.D., addiction psychiatrist helps parents understand the risk factors for teen drug abuse as he did in his Huffington Post column, How to Assess…


 

Mom: School mistakes diabetic teen as drunk or on drugs
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Sober Tailgates Offer Gameday Alternative

Sober tailgates offer gameday alternative
A program named Recovery First Tailgaters is looking to change your typical Saturday tailgate routine. The program, an extension of St. Christopher's Addiction Wellness Center, provides students with a safe place to tailgate in an alcohol- and drug … Read more on LSU The Reveille… Continue reading

Shutdown Science: Furloughed Workers Feel Burden of Boredom

Shutdown science: Furloughed workers feel burden of boredom
In fact, boredom has been linked to depression, anxiety, binge eating, drug and alcohol abuse, work accidents, and yes, even death. But until recently, boredom had been largely overlooked by science, leaving much about this all-too-common emotion a … Read more on Mother… Continue reading

Montgomery School Leaders Organize ‘conversation’ About Substance Abuse – Washington Post

Montgomery school leaders organize ‘conversation’ about substance abuse – Washington Post

Montgomery school leaders organize 'conversation' about substance abuse
Washington Post
School officials have called a countywide “conversation” about drug and alcohol abuse among Montgomery County students, with a two-hour meeting planned for Monday. Superintendent Joshua P. Starr asked that… Continue reading

Montgomery School Leaders Organize ‘Conversation’ About Substance Abuse

Montgomery school leaders organize ‘conversation’ about substance abuse
School officials have called a countywide “conversation” about drug and alcohol abuse among Montgomery County students, with a two-hour meeting planned for Monday. Superintendent Joshua P. Starr asked that the event be planned after hearing concerns at … drug abuse – Bing… Continue reading

Drug Prohibition Is a Global Folly

Drug prohibition is a global folly
That comes as no surprise as a growing number of policy experts, pundits and politicians have reached that conclusion, including former Secretary of State George Shultz, former Mexican … drug-transiting countries. The problems caused by the … drug abuse – Bing News

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