Study Finds Above-Average Drug Use by Massachusetts Teenagers
Study finds above-average drug use by Massachusetts teenagers
Vermont's number of people enrolled in substance use treatment who received methadone has declined from 2008 to 2012, while the number in Massachusetts has increased from 9,606 in 2008 to 15,504 in 2012. Massachusetts voters decriminalized …
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Prescriptions for opioids stabilizing after fivefold increase in 10-year span
To support the appropriate use of these controlled substances and inform public health interventions to prevent drug abuse, most states have implemented a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP). In a latest … Results were based on data for the …
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Childhood Obesity
STOMP is the only pediatric program in Canada to perform bariatric surgery on adolescents—still an uncomfortable idea for many doctors. Of the 150 patients who've come through the program since 2010, 20 have had the surgery. One of the first was …
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