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Does Prescription Drug Use Change From High School to College?

http://cobe.vcu.edu/does-prescription-drug-use-change-from-high-school-to-college/ Craig Zirpolo Over the past 5 years, opioid misuse in high school seniors has dropped 45 percent, from 8.7 to 4.8 percent according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. But opioids...

Substance Use Among Transgender Students in California Public Middle and High Schools

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/josh.12499/full#josh12499-note-0001 Kris Tunac De Pedro PhD,Tamika D. Gilreath PhDChristopher Jackson MS, Monica Christina Esqueda PhD BACKGROUND Transgender adolescents face tremendous social stress in families and schools,...

Kids Struggling With Addiction Need School, Too, But There Are Few Options

by Dr. Raymond Oenbrink | Addiction

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/07/08/521954460/when-kids-struggle-with-addiction-recovery-schools-offer-needed-support July 8, 20178:05 AM ET Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday RACHEL MORELLO When young people struggle through addiction or substance abuse,...