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Over the years, teenager have engaged in numerous deadly trends to get a drug-induced high. Teens have tried to get high off of common household items including computer cleaning products, bath salts, and anything else that is readily available to them. Teens have even tried suffocating themselves, or making each other pass out to get…

After alcohol and nicotine, marijuana is the most commonly used drug in the world. And with recent marijuana legalization in some states, it’s expected that marijuana use in our country will only grow. But is it truly safe? If you have schizophrenia or have a loved one who’s at risk for the disease, you may…

Phil Bauer didn’t understand the dangers of prescription drug abuse until the day his son didn’t wake up. He and his wife found Mark, then only 18, unconscious on his bed just two weeks before his graduation from West York Area High School. Bauer tried performing CPR, but his son was already gone, overdosed on…

HARRISBURG, Pa. — One-third of all applicants are ineligible for good-paying jobs in Pennsylvania’s manufacturing sector due to drug use or drug test avoidance, according to a new study commissioned by the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association and conducted by Tel Opinion Research. The survey of 200 manufacturing business executives focused on their companies’ experience with drug…

A USA TODAY review shows more than 100,000 doctors, nurses, medical technicians and health care aides are abusing or dependent on prescription drugs in a given year, putting patients at risk. Anita Bertrand doesn’t remember much about the first time she stole narcotics she was supposed to administer to surgical patients. She doesn’t remember exactly…

We need an MASD (Mothers Against Stoned Driving) to help convince young drivers that driving under the influence of pot is just as dangerous as driving drunk. In a survey of 315 college freshmen from two state universities, one in five students reported using marijuana during the past month and more than half of the…

Since starting drug testing this fall, Lake Highland Preparatory School in Orlando has conducted nearly 1,700 tests and found nine violations, said school President Warren Hudson. “We feel we have changed student behavior,” Hudson said. The drug tests, he said, have “empowered students who want to avoid drugs with a perfect excuse.” The nine violations…

Prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs are becoming the high of choice for county teens, according to a recent survey by Chesterfield SAFE, a nonprofit coalition dedicated to preventing substance abuse. Every two years, SAFE surveys students in grades eight, 10 and 12 to track alcohol and drug trends among county youth. The number of county…