Tips on Talking to Teens About Drug Use


 

Tips on Talking to Teens About Drug Use – In the wake of the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s annual report on teen alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, Dr. Wilson Compton offers tips on how physicians can talk with adolescent patients about drug use. See the related story at tinyurl.com

 

In Our View: Perplexed About Pot

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Dr. Nora D. Volkow of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, who was quoted in the Times story, said today's stronger pot has produced "a pretty dramatic increase in admission to emergency rooms and treatment programs for marijuana. … We need to think …
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Americans' health ranks close to last among high-income countries

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The United States, the world's richest nation by household assets, is close to last in key areas of health that include infant mortality, HIV, drug-related deaths and obesity, according to the study issued Wednesday by the National Research Council and …
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Treated Teens Still Likely to Try Suicide

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The study was funded by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the John W. Alden Trust, the Fogarty …
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