More teens passing up pot for Oxycontin, glue
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The use of marijuana and other illicit drugs declined slightly among teenagers in 2004, but dangerous inhalants and the highly addictive prescription painkiller Oxycontin are
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By Shabina S. Khatri, Detroit Free Press  Sep. 10--Four years ago, curiosity about marijuana brought an Idaho teenager named Nick to a popular online drug encyclopedia.
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Fewer American youths are using marijuana, LSD and Ecstasy, but more are abusing prescription drugs, says a government report released Thursday.    The 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health also found youths and young adults are more aware of the risks of using pot once a month or more frequently...
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Fall in teenage consumption raises doubts over plan to reclassify drug.
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Fewer U.S. teens are using  marijuana, Ecstasy or LSD but more are bingeing on alcohol and  abusing prescription drugs, according to an annual government  survey released on Thursday.
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Police in suburban Fort Worth, Texas, said a videotape found in a search for stolen goods appears to show two teenagers persuading a 2-year-old boy and his 5-year-old brother to smoke marijuana.
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People taking Oxycontin, codeine and other powerful painkillers for chronic pain could get a 90-day supply, under a proposal Wednesday that would let patients avoid repeated doctor visits to get more than 30-day prescriptions.
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Surveys show teen girls now equal or outpace teen boys in alcohol consumption, drug use, smoking.
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California students are abusing prescription pills &#151; often stolen from their parents' medicine cabinets &#151; even as their use of alcohol and illicit drugs such as marijuana has leveled off, according to a state survey released Wednesday.
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DALLASTOWN, Pa. - Bree Thornton made quite a find on a Florida beach as she was picking up trash. The 15-year-old came across a 20-pound brick of pot, about the size of a shoebox.
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Teenagers who smoke are five times more likely to drink and 13 times more likely to use marijuana than those who are not smokers, according to a report issued on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK  - The nation's most respected  treatment programs for teen drug abusers may frequently fall  short of what's necessary for effective treatment, a new study  suggests.
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The number of children and teenagers  taking antidepressants has fallen more than 20 percent this  year after U.S. warnings the medicines may increase suicidal  tendencies among youth, pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health  Solutions Inc. said on Tuesday.
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Nearly a quarter of teens say it would be "very easy" or "somewhat easy" to gain access to methamphetamine, a survey released Tuesday shows.
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Youngsters are using fewer illegal  drugs but a spike in use has been seen among older adults,  perhaps because a few aging baby boomers have clung to their  rebellious ways, according a U.S. substance abuse report  published on Thursday.
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About 3.1 million people between the ages of 12-25 have used cough and cold medicine to get high, the government reported Wednesday.
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By LINDSEY TANNER CHICAGO - The telltale signs are ominous: teens holing up in their rooms, ignoring friends, family, even food and a shower, while grades plummet and belligerence soars. The culprit isn't alcohol or drugs.