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Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know
A Letter to Parents Following a troubling increase in marijuana abuse in the 1990s among U.S. teens, recent findings ...
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Drug Abuse
Drugs are a big issue in American society today. On one hand, we have media and television advertisements warning ...
Source: Community Action Network
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Effects and Symptoms of Adolescent Substance Abuse
Alcohol depresses the central nervous system and impairs coordination, perception, speech, and decision making; for ...
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Teens and Illicit Drugs
Adolescence is a time of important physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development. Learning how to solve ...
Source: Palo Alto Medical Foundation
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Government Warns About Serious Dangers of Inhalants
You look at a can of whipped topping and think of dessert or pick up a pack of markers with art projects in mind. But ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Marijuana: What Parents Need to Know
What It Is: Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug in the United States. It is made from the ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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GHB: What Parents Need to Know
What It Is: GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate) is a depressant that is usually available in the form ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Substance Use
National statistics show that substance use and abuse is a much greater threat to the health of adolescents than to ...
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School Searches: What Parents, Kids and Schools Need to Know about the 4th Amendment
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a partial strip-search of a 13-year-old student in an Arizona school was ...
Source: Education.com
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Risky Behavior in Teens
The table below shows the percentage of teenager boys and girls who reported engaging in risky behaviors.Percentage of ...
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NIDA InfoFacts: Heroin
Heroin is an addictive drug, and its use is a serious problem in America. Heroin is processed from morphine, a ...
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NIDA InfoFacts: PCP (Phencyclidine)
PCP (phencyclidine) was developed in the 1950s as an intravenous anesthetic. Its use in humans was discontinued in ...
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NIDA InfoFacts: Marijuana
Marijuana is the most commonly abused illicit drug in the United States. It is a dry, shredded green and brown mix of ...
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NIDA InfoFacts: Crack and Cocaine
Cocaine is a powerfully addictive stimulant drug. The powdered, hydrochloride salt form of cocaine can be snorted or...
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NIDA InfoFacts: Stimulant ADHD Medications - Methylphenidate and Amphetamines
Stimulant medications (e.g., methylphenidate and amphetamines) are often prescribed to treat individuals diagnosed with...
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NIDA InfoFacts: LSD
LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) is one of the major drugs making up the hallucinogen class of drugs. Hallucinogens...
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NIDA InfoFacts: MDMA (Ecstasy)
MDMA (3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine) is a synthetic, psychoactive drug chemically similar to the stimulant...
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Use of Substances by High School Seniors, Eighth and Tenth Graders from 1995:2002
This table displays the use of drugs such as marijuana and cocaine among high school seniors, 10th graders, and 8th...
