‘Walk for an Addiction Free Society’

Coalition takes aim at drug addiction in region

October 16, 2011 By Addiction News Leave a Comment

Area health professionals, law-enforcement officials, educators and other interested citizens are joining forces to develop programs and services to combat the growing problem of drug addiction in Tuscarawas and Carroll counties.

Most Teens Have Experimented With Drugs Or Alcohol

April 3, 2012 By Addiction News Leave a Comment

According to results of a nationally representative sample of U.S. adolescents published in the April issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, a JAMA Network publication, the majority of teenagers have tried alcohol or experimented with drugs. The researchers highlight that patterns of alcohol and drug use during adolescence are increasingly seen as indicators of subsequent substance abuse. Joel ...