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Teens: Easy to Abuse Prescription Drugs, Often With Deadly Results

Prescription drugs are the most common abused drugs by teens, after marijuana, a study has recently shown.
This is not surprising, as prescription drugs are normally easily available, found in medicine cabinets at home. These prescription drugs, usually opiates such as OxyContin or Percocet, or benzodiazepines, such [...]

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Parents Prevent Drug Abuse Enforcing Clear Rules

Children Less Likely to Use Illegal Drugs If Parents Enforce Clear Rules

Drug abuse and drug addiction are one of many things that parents have to worry about when raising their children.
“Parents are often worried about their child’s grades, who their friends are, and making sure they grow up right,” comments Mary Rieser, Executive Director of [...]

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The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab Trains Local Churches
In growing momentum as drug addiction affects parishioners, another local church turned to The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab in Georgia for help.
A local church in Marietta, Georgia, hearing of the successful training delivered to other churches in the area, contacted The Atlanta Recovery Center Drug Rehab [...]

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Taking Back the Streets from Drugs and Crime

Many people are aware of a drug problem in their community,  school or even at home, but are unaware of methods to fight drug addiction.
While drug rehab is an option for those already addicted to drugs, studies have shown that proper drug education and drug awareness [...]

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War On Drugs Conference

Published on 05 October 2009 by Atlanta Recovery in Recovery News

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Conferences like this one held recently in El Paso, Texas that examine current policy regarding the War on Drugs are important if there is to be any forward progress on the drug problem.
Whether we call it a war or not, the current and long term policies and procedures regarding drug abuse have been a failure [...]

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