About Lock the Cabinet Easy access to prescription drugs by teens – often from their parents’ medicine cabinet or those of their friends’ parents – makes them a prime target of curious young people who are experimenting with drugs. A growing number of children have been seen in emergency rooms for accidental overdoses on prescription …
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Category: News Tags: Energy drinks, packed with caffeine, natural stimulants and sugar, have seen climbing sales and market share during recent years, topping out at more than $3 billion annually. The top buyers are pre-teens and young adults, from around age 12 to age 24, with one out of three saying they consume energy drinks. …
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Category: News Tags: , prescription drug parties Teenagers are not immune to the rising problem of prescription drug abuse in this country. In fact, a dangerous new practice is coming to light which puts teens at terrible risk in this epidemic of abuse. They are called ‘pharm parties’ and the name says it all – …
Category: News Tags: , prescription painkiller abuse There has been increasing focus on the need for regulation of prescriptions being issued by doctors for painkillers that contain highly-addictive opioids. Previous research has shown high numbers of addiction, with experts calling for increased regulation of prescriptions, including screening of patients for prior drug addiction and the …
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Category: News Tags: , prescription drug parties Your friend has been feeling a little down, she says, and asks if she can have a few of your tranquilizers to smooth things out. You think, why not? Actually, this is a very dangerous practice and not something you should even consider. Yet it’s amazing how many …
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Category: News Tags: , cough medicine abuse A recent study published in Science Daily talks about the concerns UK doctors are recognizing with over the counter medicines, especially those containing codeine. Doctors are referring to the abusers as “respectable addicts” because these individuals all recognized their problem and wanted to present themselves as being more …
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Category: News Tags: , painkiller abuse On their own, narcotic pain medications can be highly addictive; when used in combination with the medication benzodiazepine it becomes worse. Reports say the numbers of people seeking addiction treatment for these medications have grown exponentially – more than 560 percent during between 2000 and 2010. Additionally, the age …
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Description: Malleable Tweens Will Listen to Parents’ Advice About Drugs Category: News Tags: influences, parenting, prescription drug abuse prevention Middle school represents an awkward and difficult transition time. These youths are no longer in grammar school. They are not little kids. But they are not yet teenagers either. They are in-between child and teenager, hence …
Category: News Tags: , parenting, prescription drug abuse prevention Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem in America. The abuse is happening not only among the adults who buy prescription medications, but it is a problem for our young people as well. Yet despite the fact that prescription drug abuse among young people continues to …
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Category: Facts Tags: , awareness, parenting With prescription drug abuse and the misuse of cough and cold medicines, parents of teens know they must safeguard the contents of their medicine cabinets. But what many moms and dads may find surprising is that another common practice called “huffing” is just as dangerous and also involves household …
