Be Aware, Don't Share: Preventing Teen Prescription Drug Misuse

Published August 3, 2013

Be aware, don't share: preventing teen prescription drug misuse

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

Both drugs force the brain to release dopamine – a hormone our body produces when we are doing something we enjoy. People never begin using prescription medications with the intention of becoming an addict, but, when they experience the pleasure of a …
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Timm Herdt: An antidote to perscription drug abuse

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Do more Americans die from automobile accidents or from prescription drug overdoses? If you answered "prescription drugs" to both questions, you have a fairly good awareness of why the federal Centers for Disease Control calls prescription drug abuse a …
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Coaches, parents seek more education for youth athletes about the dangers of …

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

Dawn Fosket has a message for parents: Prescription drug abuse is a real problem that's not going away. Deaths attributed to prescription drugs nearly doubled in Colorado from 2000 to 2010, climbing from 228 to 414, according to the Denver County …
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