Parents: Don't Tell Kids About Past Drug Use

Parents: Don't tell kids about past drug use

Filed under: drug addiction help for families

(The study didn't distinguish between parents using illegal versus legal substances or single out addiction or problem drug behavior.) Roughly 80 percent of the parents had disclosed past use. The teens then reported on their drug attitudes. "The more …
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Mattoon woman who had cocaine ordered to drug treatment program

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Shick also ordered Janes to participate in Coles County's drug court program, which includes more frequent court appearances, treatment and other requirements to try to end the defendant's drug abuse. Other terms of Janes' sentence included $ 1,125 in …
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Misuse: ADHD Prescription Drug Abuse

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When used according to prescription, they can help those who are diagnosed get back to a normal life. … According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 12th graders reporting non-medical use of Adderall increased from 5.4% in 2009 to 7.6% in 2012.
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Drug authority's board to be announced

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The CDA is a statutory body mandated to advise the minister in matters relating to drug abuse and promote measures to help prevent drug abuse, and treat addicts. … She said users often led disorganised lives, lied, terrorised their families, and stole.
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