What Are the Signs of Substance Abuse?

What are the signs of substance abuse? – How can parents recognize that their teen may have a substance abuse problem?

Millions of Opioid Prescriptions Go to 'Doctor Shoppers'

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"If they do come in before they're really out of their medication and give excuses such as the medication is lost, it fell down the drain, or someone took it, those are big signs of problems." The study was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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Censorship, pornography and divine swan-on-human action

Filed under: signs of drug addiction

Note that I do not agree with people claiming pornography is inherently addictive: people are very different in how they respond to even highly addictive drugs, and I do think we are over-using the term addiction for many states that are just high …
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