by chian | Sep 12, 2012 | Drug Testing Texas, Parent Zone
13 Sobering Facts About Teen Substance Abuse A new report finds that 76 percent of high school students have used tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs, and one-fifth of them may be addicted. These alarming figures highlight the urgent need for parents and...
by chian | Sep 12, 2012 | Parent Zone
One in eight older U.S. teenagers has used powerful painkiller drugs without prescriptions, and many of them start misusing the pills at age 16 or 17, earlier than was previously assumed, according to new research released on Monday. The findings published in the...
by chian | Aug 23, 2012 | Drug Testing Texas
Federal authorities have charged 40 people—including two inmates and a corrections officer—for running a drug ring through three Indiana prisons. According to The Associated Press, the indictment unsealed Wednesday in Indianapolis notes the scheme involved...
by chian | Aug 21, 2012 | Drug Testing Texas, Parent Zone
The number of Americans who used illegal drugs or abused prescription medications rose last year to reach its highest level since 2002, a survey showed. Nearly 22 million Americans aged 12 and older used illegal drugs in 2009, a rise of 9 percent from 2008, the survey...
by chian | Aug 20, 2012 | Drug Testing Texas, Parent Zone
(NaturalNews) There has been a recent epidemic of opium-addiction that is growing fast as one of America’s drug problems. The CDC says this is not coming from foreign cartels, traffickers or drug dealers, but from the pharmacy that so many visit for prescribed...
