R.Ed.I. Foundation Aims to Change Teen Stats From New Home in Wheaton

Published March 23, 2013

R.Ed.I. Foundation aims to change teen stats from new home in Wheaton

Filed under: teen drug abuse

WHEATON — For more than three years, the R.Ed.I. Arts and Education Foundation has used real-life scenarios to educate teens about a variety of issues, including depression, bullying, and drug and alcohol abuse. But until March 8, the group was doing …
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The Truth About Whip-Its

Filed under: teen drug abuse

The L.A. County sheriff's recent “crackdown” on the use of nitrous oxide as a party drug comes after a crackdown in California, with arrests at more than 350 illegal parties where “noz” was being sold. Fatal car accidents, rapes, and teen deaths have …
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Letter: Address suicide first as a disease

Filed under: teen drug abuse

The March 15 Columbian story "More youth consider suicide" reporting teen smoking rates going down while thoughts of suicide go up illustrates an important point about the way we try to deal with mental health: by regarding issues like drug abuse as a …
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Editorial: County report proves the obvious; drug, alcohol abuse prevalent

Filed under: teen drug abuse

The report also noted that homeless people in the county suffer from disproportionately high rates of substance abuse, which exacerbates the problem of chronic homelessness. It also noted that drug mortality and teen drug use rates here exceed state …
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