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ADDICTION

Does Race, Gender or Ethnicity Determine Drug Use

To a large degree, perceptions of drug use and addiction can be affected by racial stereotypes. These types of stereotypes have long been perpetuated, to the effect that people of certain races or ethnic backgrounds are more likely to use drugs than others.

ADDICTION

The Effects on Children of Parent’s Who are Addicted

Drug abuse is a devastating problem, tearing apart lives and changing users into people they don’t even recognize.

DRUG INFORMATION

Next Progression Of Prescription Addiction Is Heroin Abuse

In recent years, prescription drug abuse has skyrocketed with users heading down a darker path than they ever imagined. The most recent fork in the road has led them to heroin use—a place many users swore they would never go—for the plain and simple...

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Go-Kart Challenge Utilized Impaired Vision Goggles to Show Dangers of Alcohol Abuse

Few individuals truly understand the full and damaging effects of alcohol abuse, and many may believe that it is honestly quite safe to consume moderate amounts of alcohol and then proceed to do things they’d normally do.

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A New Kind of Peer Pressure That Is Fueling Addiction

There is a new kind of peer pressure that teens are faced with today. It is appropriately referred to as digital peer pressure. Social networks such as Myspace, Twitter and Facebook have become so popular that nearly every teen holds accounts with at least...

DRUG INFORMATION

Marijuana as a Gateway Drug Could Be Causing Nationwide Epidemic

A recent Yale study, which may be viewed online in the Journal of Adolescent Health, concluded that marijuana is definitely a gateway drug. The study focused on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health from the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 of...

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Problem Of Drinking Amongst College Freshman Not Going Away

College symbolizes independence, higher education, widening horizons. But for a freshman crossing the campus for the first time, it can be intimidating. When the stress of the first semester gets to be too much, drinking appears to be the way out.

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Heroin Use Soaring Suburban Teens Most At Risk

A new trend is happening with teens concerning drug use; and it’s not underage drinking, marijuana or synthetic drug use. The drug of choice for teens has just become heroin. And the number of teens using the drug is shocking.

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College Drinking Spikes Among Freshmen

When teens first make their way off to college, they are often filled with an overwhelming sense of liberation and freedom. They are taking their first steps in the world on their own, away from mom and dad. They are ready to try new things, taste life.

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Early Drinking Puts Kids at Greater Risk For Alcohol Abuse Later In Life

Let’s face it. Alcohol is a recreational drug that is socially accepted. There are commercials for it that play on every commercial break of every American sporting event dating back to our Grandpa’s days. It is served at parties, weddings, holidays,...

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Opana Overtakes Oxycontin as Prescription Abuse Surges in U.S.

When drug enforcement agencies and the pharmaceutical companies make changes to increase the difficulty in obtaining prescription pain medication and altering it to get high, drug addicts find new ways to get their fix.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

America’s Addiction To Illicit Drugs Declining And Prescription Painkiller Abuse Growing

Regarding America’s drug epidemic, there’s good news and there’s bad news as discovered within the findings of the most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The good news is that we are seeing a decline in the use of illicit drugs.

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Bath Salts Addiction

Just as addictive as cocaine but you can buy it online or at a specialty store which makes it a dangerous combination. The salts contain Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) and mephedrone, psychoactive drugs with stimulant properties.

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Adderall Abuse Becoming More Popular Among Teens

There are plenty of stories covering the phenomenon of students abusing Adderall. Young people in high school and college are relying on Adderall as a stimulant to help them stay up long hours and focus on studies far beyond their normal limits.

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Increasing Marijuana Use Impairs Driving and Causes Other Problems

It’s bad enough that teens are smoking marijuana at the highest rate in thirty years, outnumbering even those that smoke cigarettes, but they are often willing to drive after doing so constituting a very dangerous combination.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Report Finds More Emotional Woes In College Kids Who Abuse Prescription Drugs

It’s no secret that while in college, a large proportion of students become involved in complicated and dangerous activities that have nothing to do with their educations.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

Teens Now Using Marijuana More Than Tobacco Products

Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the results of a survey, which found that 23 percent of high school students say that they’ve recently smoked marijuana, while 19 percent of high school students report that they’ve...

DRUG INFORMATION

The Basics Of Crack Cocaine Addiction

Crack cocaine is widely thought of as one of the most addictive drugs in existence. Crack is an even more addictive form of cocaine. It is produced by making a solution of cocaine, sodium bicarbonate, and water.

STATISTICS & TRENDS

The Recent California Drug Arrest Issues

California is one of the United States’ most beautiful states. It has a little of everything: Warm sunny weather, mountains, valleys, beaches, redwood forests, snowy slopes and even the epicenter for show business. However, California in all its beauty...

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Despite Dangers Adderall Remains Popular Study Drug For Students

Go to any college campus and ask a student if he (or she) knows anyone who uses Adderall. It is very unlikely that you will find someone who will say no. Maybe they don’t use it themselves, but they will know others who do.