National Drug Facts Week: Teens Take a Stand

National Drug Facts Week: Teens Take A Stand – Promotional Video: Youth from Montgomery County, Maryland’s TEENWORKS summer program, Howard County Recreation & Parks Voices for Change students and HC Drug…

Capsule Reviews of Movies

Filed under: teen drug abuse

He proves them wrong, becoming a cash-rich drug dispenser and patients'-rights advocate in the process, in this wild, colorful, compassionate film. 1 hr. 57 R (sex, nudity, drugs, profanity, violence, adult themes) … A metaphor for teen defiance? Or …
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Parents cheer as Northern Valley school board rejects random drug testing

Filed under: teen drug abuse

But the Northern Valley Regional controversy magnified key questions any district's officials and parents must grapple with in confronting the anguishing problem of teen drug abuse: How big is the drug problem? Does random drug testing represent …
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Dane County survey provides insight on transgender youth

Filed under: teen drug abuse

Starkey said the teen homeless rate in the U.S. is between 25 and 50 percent LGBTQ. This is a major … Prostitution, drug and alcohol abuse are sometimes problems transgender encounter when they have nowhere else to turn, he said. “Because they've …
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