Teenagers Abusing RX Drugs

Published January 16, 2014

Teenagers Abusing RX Drugs – Michelle Miller interviews teenagers who have admitted to using prescription drugs to get high, a growing trend that has prompted the DEA to initiate a natio…

Tallulah Wilson killed herself after mother deleted Tumblr account

Filed under: drug abuse help for teenagers

Tallulah's mother Sarah Wilson had taken the action after discovering the West Hampstead schoolgirl had posted images of self-abuse and wrote about suicidal thoughts on Tumblr. Two days later, on October 14, 2012, Tallulah jumped in front of a train at …
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Easton's Weller Center seeks solutions to spike in teen heroin use

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One in four teens has abused a prescription drug and 20 percent start abusing these drugs before age 14. Pennsylvania ranks third in the nation for heroin use and opioid overdoses from heroin, behind California and Illinois, according to the Substance …
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CASA Teen of the Month – 'Alissa'

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Among the CASA volunteer's responsibilities: monitoring Alissa's ongoing progress in her foster home; working with her therapist and substance abuse treatment provider to help this teen understand and control her destructive behaviors; contacting her …
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