Biggest Problem for Youth in Nepal: Drug Addiction

Published October 22, 2013

Biggest Problem for Youth in Nepal: Drug Addiction – This video clip is the product of a Participatory Video (PV) session, where two college students in Kathmandu were taught videography and video editing skill…

LA County Officials Predict Substance Misuse Care Will Expand Under ACA

Filed under: causes of drug addiction

Some experts in Los Angeles County, which is in the middle of a five-year strategic plan to deal with substance abuse, predict that substance abuse treatment will be the region's single biggest increase service demands under the Affordable Care Act.
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Drug–addicted babies on rise in Tennessee

Filed under: causes of drug addiction

A local neonatologist said prescription medication use is the likely cause of a jump in the number of babies born addicted to drugs, and the state is on track for the highest number ever. So far this year, there have been more drug-addicted babies born …
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