Maine Voices: Bill to treat ‘drug-addicted babies’ based on harmful misconceptions

Maine Sen. Angus King’s “Cradle Act” is an example of the many harmful misconceptions about maternal opiate addiction.

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Pediatrics Group Says Schools Shouldn’t Drug Test

A leading U.S. pediatrics group is recommending against in-school drug testing as a way to prevent young people from experimenting with illegal substances.

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Vaccine Against Heroin Being Developed in Mexico

The scientists trying to develop a vaccine to prevent heroin addiction are almost ready to begin human clinical trials, Mexico’s Juan Ramon de la Fuente National Psychiatric Institute said.

Vaccine Against Heroin Being Developed in Mexico

Many kids abuse controlled medications

Many kids abuse controlled medications

More than one in five teens who get strong painkillers, stimulants or other controlled medications from their doctor take too much of the substances, according to a new survey of Michigan students.

Do ADHD Kids Abuse Drugs More Often?

Scientific research studies, with their graphs, tables and numbers, give us a solid kind of feeling. Scientific research somehow feels hard and weighty, while fiction feels soft and fluffy. Lately, however, I've come to think that research studies are not all that different from more explicitly fictional sort of narratives. Like stories, research papers have a beginning, a middle and an end. The author or authors of a research paper construct a story about what the data says. It is widely accepted that many different stories can be constructed from the same data, depending on the author's point of view or what he is predisposed to discover. As Mark Twain famously remarked, "facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable."

Do ADHD Kids Abuse Drugs More Often?

Kids With ADHD May Use Drugs and Alcohol More Often

Two recent studies find that being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in childhood may predict a child's likelihood of later dependence on nicotine, alcohol or other drugs.

Kids With ADHD May Use Drugs and Alcohol More Often

Kids with ADHD more likely to use drugs, analysis finds

Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are up to three times more likely than other kids to use, abuse or become dependent on substances such as nicotine, cocaine and marijuana in adolescence and as young adults, new research suggests.

Kids with ADHD more likely to use drugs, analysis finds

10-year-old knows all about drugs - and that's good news

Mohammed al Suwaidi's parents are not worried that their 10-year-old son knows more about marijuana and nicotine than most adults.

Yesterday, their child was awarded a trophy by the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) and got to meet his favourite sports star, Brazilian striker Baré from the Al Jazira football club.

10-year-old knows all about drugs - and that's good news

"In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts": Dr. Gabor Maté, Physician at Vancouver Safe-Injection Site, on the Biological and Socio-Economic Roots of Addiction

"In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts": Dr. Gabor Maté, Physician at Vancouver Safe-Injection Site, on the Biological and Socio-Economic Roots of Addiction and ADD

Drugs are bad, m'kay

HEY KIDS, DRUGS R BAD, U SHOULDNT DO DRUGS, MKAY, IF U DO THEM, U R BAD, CUZ DRUGS R BAD, MKAY, IS A BAD THING TO DO DRUGS, SO DONT BE BAD, BY DOIN DRUGS, MKAY, THAT WOULD BE BAD, CUZ DRUGS R BAD, MKAY..

Health Alert: Teen prescription drug abuse on the rise

PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE IS ON THE RISE AMONG TEENS IN THE U-S.

Students and academics increasingly using 'smart drugs' to boost performance

A growing number of students and academics are using “smart drugs” bought over the internet to improve their performance in exams, a senior drug adviser has warned.

Students and academics increasingly using 'smart drugs' to boost performance

Court rules women can't be charged for taking drugs during pregnancy

Court rules women can't be charged for taking drugs during pregnancy

Women cannot be criminally charged for abusing alcohol or drugs during pregnancy, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a case that has generated national attention.

1 in 5 Teens Abuses Prescription Drugs

A new study by the Centers for Disease Control finds that one in five high school students have taken a prescription drug that they didn't get from a doctor. We talk to a local expert about this disturbing trend.

Family drug court a worthy investment

Since its inception nine years ago, the family drug court has become an integral part of the Bexar County judicial system.

Family drug court a worthy investment

Generation X or Generation Rx

Generation X or Generation Rx

Students get high on new legal herb

A legal herb with effects similar to marijuana is becoming increasingly popular among high school kids in Albuquerque.

Port Counseling Center Wants to Help Protect Children From Drug ‘Epidemic’

Agnes Lasetchuk, executive director of Port Counseling Center, wants the parents of Port Washington to know that there are definite steps they can take to protect their children from what has been called an “epidemic” of heroin and opiate abuse in Nassau County.

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Drug Addiction In Children

Children get easily impressed and influenced as they are nave, less experienced and cocooned by us. Hence they easily fall prey to the external pressures and create problem hampering their physical and mental activity. We routinely find changes in their attitudes in the form of lying, stealing etc. Usually we neglect and bypass the issue imagining it to be irrelevant and a one off case. This careless and negligent attitude of ours can cost us heavily in the long run.

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Dump Your Drugs

It's one of the fastest growing substance abuse problems in the country, and last year alone, it was the cause of 36 deaths in North Dakota. Prescription drug abuse is a definite cause for concern, but a new effort by the state Attorney General and several community police departments is trying to change that. Minot is one of four North Dakota pilot cities taking part in the Prescription Drug Take Back Program. Residents are urged to deposit their old or unused prescriptions in this box to prevent any future abuse of the medication. Minot Police Lieutenant, Jason Olson, says the box will be under 24-hour surveillance until the Ward County Drug Task Force is able to dispose of its contents. He believes small steps like these can go a long way in preventing a major drug-related accident. (Lt. Jason Olson, Minot Police Dept.) "It's just an effort with the Attorney General's office spearheading this project and we're just a drop point for that project for the Attorney General's office to help get those drugs out of the homes when they're unused, so they won't be a danger to the public." The box is located in the Minot Police Department's lobby area. Containers are also available in Bismarck, Fargo, and Grand Forks.