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Internet Can Help Curb Drinking Among College Students

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) — Heavy drinking is a growing problem among university students, but an Internet-based intervention may help them control their alcohol use, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data from a Web-based alcohol-use screening test taken by more than 7,200 undergraduate university students, aged 17 to 24, in Australia, and found [...]

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One in Five Teens Share Their Prescription Drugs with Friends

The study mentioned in this post was published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health. A survey of 12- to 17-year-olds in the U.S. has found that about 20 percent said they have given their prescription drugs like Oxycontin and Darvocet to friends or obtained drugs the same way, Reuters reported Aug. 18. Allergy drugs, [...]

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