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Study Sees Link Between Alcohol Ads, Youth Alcohol Attitudes
( Little Rock Arkansas Drug Rehab ) - Children living in areas with large numbers of alcohol ads on billboards, storefronts, bus stops and elsewhere are more likely to look favorably upon drinking, according to a new study. |
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Ecstasy Can Cause Memory Loss, Researchers Say
( Little Rock Arkansas Drug Rehab ) - Ecstasy use can cause short- and long-term memory loss, and some users may experience memory problems after taking just a single dose of the drug. |
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Smoking Linked to Stillbirths, Study Says
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Women who smoked during two consecutive pregnancies had a 35-percent higher risk of delivering a stillborn baby than those who didn't smoke at all or only smoked during their first pregnancy, according to Swedish researchers. |
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Young Men Most Likely to Buy Alcohol for Underage Youth, Study Finds
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Most underage drinkers get their alcohol from 'social sources' -- people who buy them alcohol -- and a new study finds that young males are the most likely group to purchase alcohol on behalf of young drinkers. |
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Crack Pipe Handout Ends
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Officials in Vancouver have stopped handing out free crack-pipe components to addicts as part of an HIV prevention campaign. |
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Meth Ado About Nothing? Flavored Meth and Cheese Heroin Stories Smack of Fearmongering
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It sounds like a recipe for a bellyache: 'strawberry quik' and 'cheese.' Sure enough, these purported new drug fads have been giving prevention experts indigestion, but the agita is mostly over fears that overreacting officials and media could inadvertently cause a trend where none exists -- and that attention on these 'flavor of the month' drugs could distract from larger alcohol and other drug problems confronting youth. |
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Does 'Flavored Meth' Even Make Sense?
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At first blush, the idea of adding flavoring to methamphetamine to make the drug more appealing to young users seems to be plausible. But is it? |
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Addiction Treatment Offered to D.C. Prostitutes
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The District of Columbia Superior Court is giving prostitutes a chance to get treatment for their addiction problems rather than going to jail, and a Baltimore group would like to replicate the program. |
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Treatment-Seeking for Drug Use Disorders
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While the percentage of U.S. residents seeking help for their drug use disorders has increased, more than two-thirds still do not seek help. |
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Candy Cigarettes Desensitize Kids About Smoking, Study Says
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Researchers say that adult smokers were more likely to have eaten candy cigarettes as kids than nonsmokers, indicating that candy cigarettes may desensitize kids about future smoking. |
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STD Rise in U.K. Tied to Teen Drinking
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The rate of sexually transmitted diseases is rising rapidly in Great Britain, and researchers say that alcohol -- particularly teen drinking -- plays a major role in the trend. |
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Casual Smoking Rising Among Young Americans
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More young Americans profess to be nonsmokers, and overall cigarette consumption is down. But many of these purported "nonsmokers" are in fact casual smokers -- lighting up in social settings even if they are not technically addicted to nicotine. |
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Researchers to Study the Risk of Secondhand Smoke Outside Bars
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The dangers of indoor tobacco smoke have been well documented, but now some researchers are turning their attention to possible health effects of concentrated outdoor smoking, such as that often found outside the doors of bars and restaurants. |
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Kids of Cocaine-Using Moms Have Attention Problems, Study Says
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Young children of mothers who use cocaine scored somewhat worse than other children on tests designed to measure their attention. |
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Cocaine's Cachet Quietly Rising
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In certain trendy circles, cocaine use is enjoying a comeback reminiscent of its heyday in the 70s and 80s. |