Talk Focuses on Teen Drug Abuse

Talk focuses on teen drug abuse

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The Newbury Park High School PFA will host a Parent Talk titled “Not in Our House: How to Protect Your Teens from Drug Abuse” at 7 p.m. Wed., March 6 in the performing arts center at the school, 456 Reino Road. The presenter is Carolyn Hall, marriage …
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Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris urges funding for prescription tracking

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Harris, a career prosecutor who was elected attorney general in 2010, has been outspoken on issues such as guns, gangs and gay marriage but comparatively quiet on the state's prescription drug abuse problem. A Times article … Doctors who have …
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Scare tactics may be back in vogue, but they still don't work

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This is particularly true when the lifestyle story includes dangerous practices such as drug addiction, alcoholism and weight problems. Personal testimonials actually encourage poor health behaviour by making heroes and heroines out of those who give …
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