Links Made Between Problem Gambling and Substance Abuse, and Lack of …

Links made between problem gambling and substance abuse, and lack of …
Dr. Flora Matheson, a research scientist at St. Michael's Hospital's Centre for Research on Inner City Health, with colleagues from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, conducted a review of existing literature on drug use and problem gambling …
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Young Americans' prescription med abuse still down
Tobacco use among those under 18 years of age fell from 15.2 percent in 2002 to 8.6 percent in 2012, and the percentage of people in the 12-to-17 age group with substance dependence or abuse dropped from nearly 9 percent to about 6 percent over the …
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Meth gains foothold in Mexico in past decade
And a national survey done by Mexico's federal Health Ministry found that meth was the drug of choice of fewer than 1 percent of chronic drug users or addicts in 2011, the most recent year for which the survey was done. … What's more, the survey …
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