TV Series Strives to Prevent Teen Suicide, Drug Abuse

TV series strives to prevent teen suicide, drug abuse

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Two Iowa nonprofit organizations working to prevent teen suicide and reduce teen drug abuse plan to share strategies and prevention tools with a broader audience by joining with Mediacom to produce a series of programs. kAmQ#6D:=:6?4J |2EE6CDQ …
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Alarming Number of Teens Abusing Prescription Drugs—Novus Detox Says

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It's a dangerous epidemic gripping the teenagers of America lately—prescription drug abuse (1). The numbers of teens taking prescription drugs has exploded, with ten times more adolescents using prescription drugs than in the 1960's (2). Novus Medical …
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Teen accused in fatal DUI escaped from substance abuse center

Filed under: teen drug abuse

The juvenile facility that an 18-year-old accused of killing five people while driving drunk escaped from was a detention center for people with substance abuse issues, according to Orange County's website. Jean Ervin Soriano, 18, escaped on March 1 …
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