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  2. Substance abuse prevention - Wikipedia

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    Rational scale to assess the harm of drugs. Substance abuse prevention, also known as drug abuse prevention, is a process that attempts to prevent the onset of substance use or limit the development of problems associated with using psychoactive substances. Prevention efforts may focus on the individual or their surroundings.

  3. Education sector responses to substance abuse - Wikipedia

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    This has been shown by research to be effective in preventing substance use later in life and/ or supporting resilient mental health or acquiring life or academic skills. [2] [1] Curriculum aiming to prevent substance use before the typical age of first use within the school system is directed at children who are around 6–12 years old.

  4. Harm reduction - Wikipedia

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    Drug Free Australia [32] contrast these ongoing maintenance costs with Sweden's investment in, and commitment to, a drug-free society where a policy of compulsory rehabilitation of people who are experiencing drug addiction is integral, which has yielded to one of the lowest reported illicit drug use levels in the developed world, [33] a model ...

  5. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    Chemistry, not moral failing, accounts for the brain’s unwinding. In the laboratories that study drug addiction, researchers have found that the brain becomes conditioned by the repeated dopamine rush caused by heroin. “The brain is not designed to handle it,” said Dr. Ruben Baler, a scientist with the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

  6. Can reconnecting with culture reduce substance abuse? It's ...

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    The Lac du Flambeau Family Circles Program is seen as a model for reducing substance abuse in tribal communities.

  7. Essay on answer to drug abuse did not cover all the angles ...

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    OpEd: A recent essay about Vivitrol made harmful stigmatizations and confused the complicated issue of addiction and recovery.

  8. Drug education - Wikipedia

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    Drug education is the planned provision of information, guidelines, resources, and skills relevant to living in a world where psychoactive substances are widely available and commonly used for a variety of both medical and non-medical purposes, some of which may lead to harms such as overdose, injury, infectious disease (such as HIV or hepatitis C), or addiction.

  9. ‘Every death we can prevent’: KC mayor meets with ... - AOL

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    Students from North Kansas City high schools filled the Prairie View Conference Center at North Kansas City Hospital to present their project to help reduce opioid overdoses in the city.