Heavy Drinking, Pot Use Tied to Teen Brain Changes

Heavy Drinking, Pot Use Tied to Teen Brain Changes

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14 in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, are based on 41 teenagers with a history of habitual drinking and pot smoking, and 51 teens who reported little, if any, alcohol or drug use. At the start of the study and again 18 …
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Social workers need more training on drug and alcohol issues | Social care …

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Social workers are not expected to be specialists in substance use in the same way alcohol and drug specialists are not expected to be social workers, but we do still need to know enough to confidently ask about substance use and its effects on our …
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Alcohol, drug counselor Brenda Wiewel helps change lives, one addict at a time

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As executive director of Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse (L.A. CADA) Wiewel is passionate about saving lives and uniting families through the nonprofit's addiction counseling and "healthy living" services. For the licensed clinical …
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