Deaths caused by drugs have topped traffic-related deaths, an analysis by the Los Angeles Times concludes. The rise in drug-related deaths is due in large part to an increase in overdoses from prescription narcotics. This is the first time drugs have caused more deaths than motor vehicles since the government started tracking drug deaths in [...]
I recently had the pleasure of meeting April Rovero, founder of National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Abuse. NCAPDA’s mission is to reduce the number of deaths and addictions caused by Prescription Drug Abuse (PDA) through educational tools and programs, legislative action and partnership with educational, counseling, medical and law enforcement entities. Check out NCAPDA’s Facebook [...]
Hospitalizations for alcohol and drug overdoses — alone or in combination — increased dramatically among 18- to 24-year-olds between 1999 and 2008, according to a study by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health. Led by Aaron M. White, Ph.D. and Ralph W. Hingson, [...]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — American teens ages 12-17 who in a typical day spend any time on social networking sites are at increased risk of smoking, drinking and drug use, according to the National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XVI: Teens and Parents, the 16th annual back-to-school survey conducted by The [...]
So says the latest analysis conducted by the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, which notes almost one out of 11 alcohol radio ads in 75 markets across the nation in 2009 failed to comply with the industry’s voluntary standard for the placement of advertising. [...]
The latest C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health from the University of Michigan finds that few parents (10 percent) believe their own teens, ages 13 to 17 years old, have used alcohol in the last year and even fewer (5 percent) believe their own teens have used marijuana in the last year. [...]
Drug use among college-age adults is increasing, driven largely by an increase marijuana use, a national drug-use survey has found. Marijuana is by far the most commonly used drug, and its popularity is growing, according to a new survey. By Dean Coppola, The Oakland Tribune, via AP Marijuana is by far the most commonly used [...]
From “pharming” to pill parties, teens are abusing prescription drugs in dangerous ways, and can become addicted quickly, warns an adolescent substance abuse specialist at Children’s Hospital Boston. “I see teens who become addicted to oxycodone by the third time they take it—they get hooked very quickly,” says Patricia Schram, MD. “We’re seeing a lot [...]
It is easy to have high expectations for a teen coming home from some kind of treatment, but what they need to know, is how important they are to their recovery — that failure is not the end and success is up to them. Read more
The controversial, sweet, alcohol-laden soft drinks that have gained nicknames like “cheerleader beer” and “alcopops” are a favorite with minors, and a new study is once again putting dangers associated with these drinks in the spotlight. NY1′s Health reporter Kafi Drexel filed the following report. Under intense pressure from the Food and Drug Administration, caffeine was [...]
