How Drug Abuse Affects Teenage Brain Development

How Drug Abuse Affects Teenage Brain Development – Dr. Annette Bosworth discusses how alcohol and drugs change the adolescent brain affecting mood and memory.

In Juvenile Detention, Girls Face Health Care Designed For Boys

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“As we put the blocks together, they can start caring about themselves and feeling better,” she says. “It's a chicken and egg thing—do you treat the trauma, the drug abuse, the medical issues? A lot of people don't understand– you have to treat it …
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Does Carroll County have a drug problem?

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Dave Schaffer, director of the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Tuscarawas and Carroll counties, said it's no coincidence recent drug arrests have coincided with another growing trend: more adults seeking treatment for heroin …
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