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1. ADHD Stimulant Meds Cut Young Girls' Drug Abuse Risk - US News and World Report
MONDAY, Oct. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Stimulant treatment for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) significantly cuts the odds that adolescent girls will smoke, drink alcohol or use drugs, a new Massachusetts General Hospital study shows.
2. Deficit in Brain Function Puts Teens at Risk of Drug Abuse
Frontal cortex at center of ability to control impulsive responses, study finds
3. Drug abuse and dependence : Causes, incidence, and risk factors
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Drug abuse can lead to drug dependence or addiction. People who use drugs for pain relief may become dependent, although this is rare in those who don't have a history of addiction. The exact cause of drug abuse and dependence is not known. Howeve...• Reviewer: Benjamin W. Van Voorhees, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Psychiatry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
4. Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) : DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION (DARE)
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Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) is the most widely adopted drug education program in the United States today. The DARE program is designed to give young people skills to resist pressures to use drugs. It originated as a collaborative effort...• Author: IAN M. NEWMAN Expand your search to include all of U.S. News
5. Common Sense for Drug Policy: Pain Management & Drug Control Policy
Data from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, show the number of new abusers of prescription drugs is on the rise. Rather, for the most part, the evidence of... http://www.csdp.org/news/news/oxycontin.htm
6. Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising
To the extent that factors such as a secure personality or strong bonding to adults may be considered protective against independent risk factors (such as neighborhood unemployment), those protective factors can also be treated as risk factors... http://cjcentral.com/sherman/sherman.htm
7. Preventing Drug Abuse among Children and Adolescents - Index
Preventing Drug Abuse among Children and Adolescents - Index. Preventing Drug Abuse among Children and Adolescents. Thus, this shortened edition can serve as an introduction to research-based prevention for those new to the field of drug abuse... http://www.drugabuse.gov/Prevention/ |
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