Prescription Drug Abuse
Prescription Drug Abuse – This video shows the statistics showing the rapid increase of prescription drug abuse among teenagers today. I made this video as part of my health project f…
Oreos May Be As Addictive As Cocaine
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“These findings suggest that high fat/sugar foods and drugs of abuse trigger brain addictive processes to the same degree and lend support to the hypothesis that maladaptive eating behaviors contributing to obesity can be compared to drug addiction …
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West Virginia has the highest drug overdose mortality rate
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Even worse, West Virginia has the highest drug overdose mortality rate in the United States, with 28.9 per 100,000 people suffering drug overdose fatalities, according to a new report, Prescription Drug Abuse: Strategies to Stop the Epidemic. It seems …
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Opinion: Cons of marijuana use not enough to outweigh pros
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The statistic that blows this debate out of the water is the cannabis drug dependency rate. Cannabis is actually less addictive than heroin, cocaine, nicotine, alcohol and even caffeine, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Three of those …
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Statistics is sign that there is an steady rise of prescription drug addiction. It is about that something has to be done to? it by saving our young people through this campaign and prescription regulation.
you and your? underdeveloped mind may believe that I only deserve a C-, but my health teacher thought it deserved a 98! hehe jk. JK about the underdeveloped mind, not kidding about the 98. Lol
C- at? best