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Substance Abuse In the Workplace
A significant amount of substance abuse takes place among the American work force, and some of this use occurs at work. Most illicit drug users are employed. In fact, 74% work, according to the 1996 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. That...
Harsh Truths About Cocaine
Slang: Coke, Dust, Toot, Snow, Blow, Sneeze, Powder, Lines, Rock (Crack)Know the FactsCocaine affects your brain. The word "cocaine" refers to the drug in both a powder (cocaine) and crystal (crack) form. It is made from the coca plant and causes a...
Hooked on Pills: What Parents Need to Know About Prescription and OTC Drug Abuse
Arianne Powell, a chemical dependency counselor at SageWalk the Wilderness School, has some strong advice for parents of adolescents: “More teens than ever before are abusing prescription and over-the-counter drugs. It’s time to take...
Cocaine Vaccine Shows Promise for Treating Addiction
Immunization with an experimental anti-cocaine vaccine resulted in a substantial reduction in cocaine use in 38 percent of vaccinated patients in a clinical trial supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National...