EAPA GNO » teen http://www.eapagno.org Employee Assistance Professionals Association of Greater New Orleans Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:56:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Substance Abuse Fact Sheet http://www.eapagno.org/2008/07/substance-abuse-fact-sheet/ http://www.eapagno.org/2008/07/substance-abuse-fact-sheet/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:56:32 +0000 admin http://beta.eapagno.org/?p=89

The National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center has some great facts on youth alcohol abuse.  The following is from their site:

“Substance use has fluctuated nationally since the mid-70s when the government and other independent sources began collecting data on this behavior. Over the past 5-10 years, the level of substance use has remained relatively stable; however, research indicates changes in the types of drugs used. Each year, a number of national surveys are conducted to determine the prevalence of substance use in this country, the number of new users (or incidence of the behavior), and the attitudes of users and non-users.”

To read the rest of the fact sheet go to: http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/facts/substance.asp

]]> http://www.eapagno.org/2008/07/substance-abuse-fact-sheet/feed/ 0 Introducing Generation Rx http://www.eapagno.org/2005/08/introducing-generation-rx/ http://www.eapagno.org/2005/08/introducing-generation-rx/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:23:24 +0000 admin http://beta.eapagno.org/?p=57 An annual national study of teen drug abuse commissioned by The Partnership for a Drug-Free America reports the disturbing move by U.S. teens toward prescription drugs as their choice for drug abuse.1,2 The 25-page report (available at www. drugfree.org3) reveals that Vicodin, OxyContin, Ritalin/Adderall, and cough medicine are tried more often by teens abusing drugs than cocaine, ecstasy, LSD, heroin and most other street drugs. Only marijuana and inhalants have been tried more often than this list of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs.

To read more click the link below:
http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=news&id=78471&cn=14

]]> http://www.eapagno.org/2005/08/introducing-generation-rx/feed/ 0 Teenager abuse of prescription drugs ‘epidemic’ http://www.eapagno.org/2005/07/teenager-abuse-of-prescription-drugs-epidemic/ http://www.eapagno.org/2005/07/teenager-abuse-of-prescription-drugs-epidemic/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:17:28 +0000 admin http://beta.eapagno.org/?p=47 The Houston Chronicle Reports:
Teenager abuse of prescription drugs ‘epidemic’
“Availability is the mother of abuse,” said Joseph Califano, center chairman and former U.S. secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. ” … It may be parents should be thinking of locking their medicine cabinets.”

To read more click the link below:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/health/3257470

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