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Past Year Perceived Need for and Effort Made to Receive Specialty Treatment among Persons Aged 12 or Older Needing But Not Receiving Treatment for Illicit Drug or Alcohol Use: 2009
The number and the percentage of youths aged 12 to 17 who needed treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol…

Substance Dependence or Abuse in the Past Year, by Age and Gender: 2009
Source:
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Office of Applied…

A new study in fruit flies offers a broad view of the potent and sometimes devastating molecular events that occur throughout the body as a result of methamphetamine exposure

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Previous Month’s Illegal Drug Use By County Demographic in 2009

Support not punishment is the key to tackling substance abuse and addiction among nurses, study suggests
ScienceDaily (2011-01-26) — As many as 10 to 20% of nurses and nursing students may have substance abuse and addiction problems, but the key to tackling this difficult issue –…

First Specific Drug Associated with Initiation of Illicit Drug Use among Past Year Illicit Drug Initiates Aged 12 or Older: 2009
Note: The percentages do not add to 100 percent due to rounding or because a small number of respondents initiated multiple drugs on the same day. The first…

Hospitalizations from prescription drugs increase 98% in 5 years!
Below is an article on prescription abuse and misuse in the U.S.  The numbers are startling.  If we want to begin to cut health care costs we need to reign in the pharmaceutical industry and their aggressive…

Teenage amphetamine abuse affects adult brain cell function
ScienceDaily — Amphetamine abuse during adolescence permanently changes brain cells, according to new animal research. The study shows drug exposure during adolescence, but not young adulthood, altered electrical properties of…

Stimulant drugs, which can increase energy and
concentration, are widely abused by young adults. One such drug are
amphetamines, which in addition to being widely accessible, has been shown in
previous studies to have a significant relationship between its abuse and the
amount of alcohol…