Calvert County Forum Next Week Aims to Help Teens 'Pop Positivity, Not Pills'

Calvert County forum next week aims to help teens 'pop positivity, not pills'
A community forum next week on prescription drug abuse will emphasize education and prevention, particularly in teenagers, featuring a speaker who overcame an addiction to prescription pills. The fifth Prescription Drug Abuse Community Workshop and …
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Drug abuse on rise among Mass. teens
“It's driven by brain development,” said Dr. Sharon Levy, director of the Adolescent Substance Abuse Program at Boston Children's Hospital and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. “Some interesting things we know about brain …
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Study shows Mass. teen drug use rate is higher than national average
“Perhaps we should look at it as some encouragement that kids are saying, 'Hey, I'm using,' which is the first step in getting help.” That said, teen drug abuse is a serious problem, he added. Of the estimated 2 million American teens who abuse drugs …
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Teens get an insight on drug abuse — Family Services of Lafayette offers a program aimed to help teens and substance abuse.

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