Drug Abuse

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NIDA for Teens: The Science Behind Drug Abuse
Describes how drugs like anabolic steroids, ecstasy, marijuana, and nicotine affect the brain. From the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

PrevLine: National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
Resource for information about substance prevention and addiction treatment. Includes an FAQ on substance abuse, articles, news, and related resources.

Drug Dependence & Abuse
Drug abuse is an intense desire to obtain increasing amounts of a particular ... Drug Dependence & Abuse Symptoms. When to Seek Medical Care. Exams and Tests ...

NIDA Drugs of Abuse and Related Topics - NIDA InfoFacts
Other Drug Abuse Information Services ... NIDA supports most of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction. ......

Obtain pertinent Drug Abuse and Substance Abuse Information for the Partnership For a Drugfree America. ... for Interrupting Drug Abuse/Criminal Justice Cycle ...

NIDA for Teens: The Science Behind Drug Abuse
Describes how drugs like anabolic steroids, ecstasy, marijuana, and nicotine affect the brain. From the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

PrevLine: National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
Resource for information about substance prevention and addiction treatment. Includes an FAQ on substance abuse, articles, news, and related resources.

Drug Dependence & Abuse
Drug abuse is an intense desire to obtain increasing amounts of a particular ... Drug Dependence & Abuse Symptoms. When to Seek Medical Care. Exams and Tests ...

NIDA Drugs of Abuse and Related Topics - NIDA InfoFacts
Other Drug Abuse Information Services ... NIDA supports most of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction. ......

Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More young U.S. adults are abusing prescription medications, particularly painkillers, according to the government's annual report on substance abuse released on Thursday. Overall, in 2006, 22.6 million people -- 9.2 percent of ...

Youth Drug Use at a Five Year Low, New Survey Shows
Forbes - With prescription drug abuse, we're confronting a different kind of drug threat-one that lurks not in dark alleys, but in medicine cabinets within our homes. Parents have been vital to reducing teen use of street drugs, and now they must engage to ...

Rising drug abuse among young Maldivians
DAWN Group - VILINGILI ISLAND (Maldives): The Maldives, known as a holiday haven for the rich and famous, is grappling with a growing drug abuse problem among its young people including pre-teens. Around 20 per cent of the island nation’s residents under the ...

Substance-abuse treatment hard for poor to find
Biloxi Sun Herald - Drug and alcohol addiction treatment services Treatment can be hard to get, but options are available. From the referral list at Singing River Hospital System in Jackson County: Singing River Services, Gautier, (228) 497-0690 Home of Grace, Gautier ...

Where system failed, street justice ended a career in petty crime
San Francisco Gate - Leggalet said he felt at the time that Broussard was doomed to death on the street from drug abuse or after someone caught him in the act of breaking into another car. "He was going to go one way or the other. Either way, it wasn't going to be pretty ... ...

The Maldives, known as a holiday haven for the rich and famous, is grappling with a growing drug abuse problem among its young people including pre-teens.

Drug Abuse (WOAY-TV Oak Hill)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A federal study shows about 120-thousand West Virginia residents use illicit drugs in any given month. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration analyzed data on the amount of drug use and alcohol abuse in each state and in the nation's workplaces.

Drug Rehab Voices of Recovery Offer Hope to Those Suffering From Substance Abuse (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
September 2007 is National Alcohol and Drug Recovery Month, celebrating eighteen years of communities working to overcome substance abuse. According to the White House proclamation for National Alcohol and Drug Recovery Month approximately 14 million adults in the US are alcoholics or abusers of alcohol, and one in four of our children are exposed to alcoholism or alcohol abuse in their families ...

Rising drug abuse among young in Maldives paradise (TODAYonline)
Maldivian National Defence soldiers are watched by journalists and officials as they load packets containing cannabis onto a boat in Male in 2006, after being discovered in a lagoon.

Students Need Facts on Dangers of Drug Abuse (Arab News)
RIYADH, 3 September 2007 — The Ministry of Education needs to target schools for a major awareness campaign about solvent-abuse, as children as young as four to five years old are sniffing glue, sprays, paints, and household chemicals to get intoxicated, said Dr. Parisa Saed Al-Hashim of Saudi TV (Channel Two)....

When prescription medications are used, therapists aim to use ones that have low abuse potential and that are safe if taken with abused substances should a person relapse into alcohol or drug use. (Note that even when considered "safe"...

September is National Recovery Month-Learn About Tobacco ...
One year after treatment, people report a significant reduction in their alcohol and drug use, increases in employment and income, and decreases in homelessness. During each September, communities across the country join together to ...

Crack Cocaine Addiction, Abuse and Treatment
Crack cocaine was very popular in US in the 80s. it was a common drug of abuse in most inner cities. Its use declined in the early 90s mainly due to the anti drug campaigns and increasing...

Teen Drug Abuse and Oxycontin
The focus on teen drug abuse of late has spotlighted the escalation of prescription drug abuse. Parents are dismayed to learn that even if they keep their medicine supplies under lock and key. their teenager can simply go on the ...

Alcohol & Drug Abuse
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The Delaware County Coordinating Council to Prevent Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse has received a $100,000 federal grant to prevent and reduce and alcohol abuse among youth.

Unsafe Sex Surpasses Drug Abuse as HIV Cause in China (Gay Wired)
Unsafe sex has for the first time overtaken drug abuse through injections as the main cause of new HIV infections in the country, according to the latest annual report released by the Ministry of Health (MOH).

Coming to grips with drug abuse (Times of Malta)
One hopes the launch of a draft document on a national drugs policy by Family and Social Solidarity Minister Dolores Cristina will mark a turning point in Malta's attempt to come to grips with and curb the escalating incidence in drug abuse.

Evidence In Sewage Of Community-Wide Drug Abuse (Medical News Today)
Public health officials may soon be able to flush out more accurate estimates on illegal drug use in communities across the country thanks to a screening test described at the 234th national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. [click link for full article]

Meth top drug problem; users now more diverse (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By IAN LYE A survey on methamphetamine abuse released Thursday by the National Association of Counties found that more teens, women and minorities are abusing the drug. The association, which conducted a telephone survey of 500 county law enforcement officials in 43 states, also found that meth is still the No. 1 drug problem facing county law enforcement agencies. There were no specific ......

Conducts research and disseminates findings to improve drug abuse and addiction prevention, treatment, and policy.

MedlinePlus: Drug Abuse
Offers news, overview articles, research studies, statistics, and treatment options for various kinds of substance abuse.

OAS Home: Alcohol, tobacco & drug abuse and mental health data from Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services ...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration presents national and state prevalence and trends in illegal drug use, the non-medical use of ...

Drug abuse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... loaded terms alcohol or drug "abuse," many public health professionals ... Problems (ICD), no longer recognise 'drug abuse' as a current medical diagnosis. ...

Drug abuse and addiction information on MedicineNet.com
Drug abuse and addiction has many misconceptions, and is a real problem. ... Addiction does begin with drug abuse when an individual makes a conscious choice ......

Houston Chronicle - ... cautiously tracking moves to ban Salvia divinorum, an herb-based hallucinogen used spiritually by Mazatec Indians from the Oaxaca area, and increasingly popular among teens and college-age students, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. ...

Local program gets federal grant to fight abuse
Star-Press - MUNCIE — The Delaware County Coordinating Council to Prevent Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse has received a $100,000 federal grant to prevent and reduce drug and alcohol abuse among youth. DCCC is one of 90 community coalitions nationwide awarded ...

Police help drug arrest
Weirton Daily Times - Weirton resident Kayla Gross, 20, was arrested for possession of drug abuse instruments. Eric Davidson, 24, was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia. While Gross and Davidson are being held in Steubenville, Brandon Mayhew, of Weirton, was ...

Wastewater spills beans on drug abuse
Houston Chronicle - The ingredient Americans consume and excrete the most? Caffeine, researchers say. WASHINGTON — Researchers have figured out how to give an entire community a drug test using just a teaspoon of wastewater from a city's sewer plant. The test wouldn't ...

Proclamation by the President: National Alcohol and Drug Addiction ...
Forbes - National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month provides an opportunity to underscore our commitment to stopping alcohol and drug abuse before it starts and to helping citizens in need overcome addiction and rebuild their lives. Alcohol and drug ... ...

Houston Chronicle - ... cautiously tracking moves to ban Salvia divinorum, an herb-based hallucinogen used spiritually by Mazatec Indians from the Oaxaca area, and increasingly popular among teens and college-age students, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. ...

Local program gets federal grant to fight drug abuse
Star-Press - MUNCIE — The Delaware County Coordinating Council to Prevent Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse has received a $100,000 federal grant to prevent and reduce drug and alcohol abuse among youth. DCCC is one of 90 community coalitions nationwide awarded ...

Police help drug arrest
Weirton Daily Times - Weirton resident Kayla Gross, 20, was arrested for possession of drug abuse instruments. Eric Davidson, 24, was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia. While Gross and Davidson are being held in Steubenville, Brandon Mayhew, of Weirton, was ...

Federal officials trying to close loopholes that allow drug abuse
San Francisco Examiner - Federal drug authorities are seeking to close legal loopholes that have helped the painkiller hydrocodone become the most prescribed drug in the United States — and one of the most abused. The Drug Enforcement Agency said that rogue Internet ...

Wastewater spills beans on drug abuse
Houston Chronicle - The ingredient Americans consume and excrete the most? Caffeine, researchers say. WASHINGTON — Researchers have figured out how to give an entire community a drug test using just a teaspoon of wastewater from a city's sewer plant. The test wouldn't ... ...