Friday, December 11th, 2009
Co-authored by: Jamie Felzer
Many people today know about the dangers and risky behaviors (sharing needles, unsafe sex, and mother-to-child transmission) that can increase the risk for HIV/AIDS infection. The question lies in whether or not they are able to take appropriate actions to prevent contracting the disease themselves.
Heroin addiction, dirty ...
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Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
I used to always say, back in my using days, that speed (methamphetamine) was The American drug. Why? Meth makes its users sharper, more alert, and more focused, and it allowed me to spend entire nights up studying like I'd never been able to study before.
Unfortunately, like many other aspects ...
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Sunday, August 16th, 2009
In a previous post we talked about the ineffectiveness of the school-based substance abuse prevention program called D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education). We reported data from a meta-analysis of 11 studies which showed no significant effect of D.A.R.E. in reducing drug use. A recently published study examined the effectiveness of ...
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Saturday, June 13th, 2009
DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) is the largest school-based substance abuse prevention program in the United States.
80% of school districts across the country teach the DARE curriculum, reaching an estimated 26 million children (1).
Every year, over one billion dollars goes into keeping the program running. In perspective, a billion dollars ...
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Monday, June 1st, 2009
Contributing co-author: Andrew Chen
Imagine the following scenario. You and your friend have been doing heroin. A few hours go by and you notice your friend is becoming more and more unresponsive. You go over to check on him and find that his breathing is shallow, his skin is cold, and ...
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