Prevention of Substance Abuse Needs Emphasis
Prevention of substance abuse needs emphasis
Filed under: Substance Abuse
Substance abuse prevention programmes have identified the risk factors existing at the individual, family, school, and community levels that put young people at greater risk for alcohol and drug abuse, and have incorporated protective factors that …
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Machias drug forum focuses on Down East drug abuse trends, concerns
Filed under: Substance Abuse
Tim Shaw, a drug abuse educator based in Bangor, spoke Friday evening, Jan. 25, 2013 at a public forum in Machias, encouraging more community concern about illicit drug use and overdose deaths. "It's not going to get better," he said. "It will …
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I battled substance abuse for 20 years. I made 40 years this year and I'm …
Filed under: Substance Abuse
I started drinking from home gradually and when I joined peer groups, it just spiralled out of control. This is where my journey with substance abuse started because I started drinking at a very young age during some of these parties. We got invited to …
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Substance abuse negatively affects sexual performance in men even after years …
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Researchers at the University of Granada, Spain, and Santo Tomas University in Colombia have found that drug abuse negatively affects sexual performance in men even after years of abstinence. This finding contradicts other studies reporting that men …
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