How Drug Abuse Affects Teenage Brain Development

Published November 19, 2012

How Drug Abuse Affects Teenage Brain Development – Dr. Annette Bosworth discusses how alcohol and drugs change the adolescent brain affecting mood and memory.

Kentucky Invests Million to Treat Drug Addiction in Prisoners

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According to the Kentucky Department of Corrections, 30 percent of Kentucky inmates struggling with drug addiction return to jail. But a 2011 study from the University of Kentucky said this figure drops to 20 percent among inmates who receive treatment …
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Kentucky works to give addicted inmates treatment while still behind bars

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Marion County jail has several programs aimed at getting people off substance abuse treatment. Brigette Smith, from Carrolton, Ky. is in jail for burglery, possesion, wanton endangerment, and stolen property. She is in the substance abuse treatment …
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Report: Prescription abuse, pot use on the rise

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More than one-fourth of all Iowans screened or admitted for drug treatment in Iowa last year said marijuana was their primary substance of abuse. Among Iowa juveniles in treatment, 66 percent named marijuana as their drug of choice. “Marijuana is still …
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