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(News-Democrat & Leader, Dec.26) A new national study shows teen drug and alcohol use are at their lowest rates since the 1990s.
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(U.S. News, Dec.23) Drug overdoses are higher among some age groups than others, data show.
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(Across America Patch, Dec.23) Use of alcohol and cigarettes are down for the vulnerable age group, while marijuana rates remain steady.
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(AlterNet, Dec. 21) As the wave of heroin and prescription opioid use sweeps across the US, leaving an ever-growing pile of bodies behind, the folks at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are digging into the data.
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(San Francisco Examiner, Dec. 12) 96 percent of young people who smoke cigarettes have used at least two or more other substances.
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(NBC29, Dec. 9) In the Commonwealth of Virginia, there's a growing problem of opioid and drug addiction among teens between 12 and 17.
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(Chicago Tribune, Dec. 9) It's a common story in the suburbs of Chicago: a high school athlete is prescribed a painkiller for a sports injury and becomes hooked.
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(WXYZ, Dec. 8) Parents should be aware of a drug called Pink, or U-47700, which has caused two deaths in Detroit alone and several nationwide.