Colorado responds slowly to psychotropic drug use among foster kids

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Christi Beach, a foster mother who takes in up to six teenage boys at once in her Arvada group home, has made it her mission to help foster youths wean themselves off medication, and most of them arrive on meds — for depression, for anxiety, for …
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Youth With Vision attends Speak Hard Youth Conference

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Miss Missouri Teen USA Samantha Bowers was the luncheon speaker. Morning breakout sessions focused on researched and validated information about marijuana, underage drinking, suicide prevention, drug trends, tobacco and medication abuse, as well …
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Film screenings shine a spotlight on teenage prescription drug abuse

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To raise awareness for the often untold threat that prescription drugs can pose, particularly to teenagers and young adults, the National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Abuse is helping sponsor four free screenings of the documentary, "Behind the …
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