How to Assess Your Teen’s Risk Factors for Drug Addiction – Huffington Post

Published June 20, 2012

How to Assess Your Teen’s Risk Factors for Drug Addiction – Huffington Post
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
High levels of stress put teens at greater risk for drug use. According to a survey by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University, high stress teens are twice as likely as their peers to smoke, drink and use illegal drugs.
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Painkiller use breeds new face of heroin addiction – msnbc.com
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Given new research on skyrocketing prescription drug abuse, the link between opioid pills and heroin is even more alarming. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, deaths from prescription drugs tripled nationwide between …
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The tame, constricted rebellion that is Adderall addiction. – Slate
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The comparison looms in part because the kids lapse into the melodramatic language of drug addiction: “Something inside me … even their drug abuse is in the pursuit of perfection. Save this story. Follow all Roiphe articles.
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