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It's finals week: Do you know what your teen is taking to study so hard?
By the end of high school, 12% of teens say they have taken a stimulant medication for reasons other than to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But parents, including many of those whose kids are taking ADHD drugs in a bid to boost...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Medical Research, ADHD, Family, Drugs and Medicines
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Sharon, Ozzy Osbourne reunite at LGBT event
Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne hit the red carpet together at a charity event over the weekend, and the reunion has many wondering whether the couple is officially back together. "The Talk's" Sharon Osbourne, who's been married to the rocker since 1982, split...
Tags: Black Sabbath (music group), Heidi Klum, Prescription Drugs, Khloe Kardashian, Sharon Osbourne
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L.A. County supervisor outlines a new jail proposal
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky wants the board to consider tearing down part of the troubled Men's Central Jail and building a facility to house mentally ill and drug addicted inmates, which he says would offer all prisoners a better chance...
Tags: Zev Yaroslavsky, Prisons, American Civil Liberties Union, Lee Baca, Mental Illness
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder linked to adult obesity
Having childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder could lead to a life of obesity, even if ADHD symptoms disappear in adulthood, a new study shows. The study, which followed up on 207 middle-class men who had been diagnosed with ADHD as...
Tags: Overweight, Weight, ADHD, Medical Research, Culture
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Mental illness in youth: a common struggle
Go to a busy street in your community and count the next 25 adolescents who walk, bike, skateboard, stroll or saunter past. Odds are that two of those 25 kids (8.3% to be exact) would own up to having experienced 14 or more days in the last month that...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ADHD, Mental Illness, Medical Procedures and Tests, Learning Disability
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Letters: Addiction treatment that works
Re "Felons allowed to help addicts, a report finds," May 14 The fact that addiction counselors in California who are sex offenders and other types of felons are allowed to provide addiction treatment is just the tip of the iceberg in a fundamentally...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Addiction
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Chuck Muncie dies at 60; Saints and Chargers running back
Chuck Muncie, a star running back with the New Orleans Saints and the San Diego Chargers who overcame a cocaine habit that ended his career and then devoted his later life to helping others avoid drug abuse, has died. He was 60. Muncie died Monday of...
Tags: Heisman Trophy, Sports Illustrated, Chicago Bears, San Diego Chargers, High School Sports
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Lax oversight allows felons to counsel addicts, report finds
California's lax rules governing who can work as substance abuse counselors have allowed sex offenders and other felons to treat addicts with little to no scrutiny by the state, according to a report by the Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes released...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice, Addiction, Behavioral Conditions
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Lax oversight allows felons to counsel addicts, report finds
California's lax rules governing who can work as substance abuse counselors have allowed sex offenders and other felons to treat addicts with little to no scrutiny by the state, according to a report by the Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes released...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Newport Beach targets rehab homes; one briefly hosted Lindsay Lohan
Newport Beach officials plan to ask a judge to close seven substance abuse recovery facilities in the city, including the rehab home where actress Lindsay Lohan stayed briefly before checking into the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage instead. The...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Orange County Superior Court, Rentals, Alcohol Addiction
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Cleveland kidnapping suspect had history of abuse, former lover said
CLEVELAND -- One of the men suspected of imprisoning and abusing three recently freed young women was earlier accused of a series of violent acts against the mother of four of his children and was ordered to complete domestic violence and substance...Tags: Abusive Behavior
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California Supreme Court upholds medical pot bans
SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the right of cities to ban medical marijuana dispensaries. “While some counties and cities might consider themselves well suited to accommodating medical marijuana...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Health Treatments
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