10 Over-the-Counter Medicines Abused by Teens

10 over-the-counter medicines abused by teens

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10 over-the-counter medicines abused by teens. Is your medicine cabinet a source for a teen's legal "high?" Because a doctor's prescription is not needed, many mistakenly believe that over-the-counter (OTC) medicines are safer than prescription …
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Students design billboard to fight Rx drug abuse

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Students design billboard to fight Rx drug abuse Frances Hayes journalpatriot | 0 comments. Since early December, a billboard at Midtown Garden Market in North Wilkesboro explicitly and poignantly describes the effects of drugs on young and old lives.
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Link Between Pot Smoking and IQ Drop Challenged

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Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, said observational studies of people like the Duke work can't definitively demonstrate that marijuana cause irreversible effects on the brain. In an email, she said Rogeberg's paper …
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