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Published July 29, 2013

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We know that teens that start smoking marijuana have a significantly increased risk of cocaine, heroin and prescription drugs use. They also have a four to nine times increased risk of experiencing drug abuse and drug dependence later in life. In … Read more on SalemNews.net

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The number of deaths has never been higher, and the CDC attributes that to a 10-fold increase in the use of opioid painkillers in the past 20 years. Opioids such as oxycodone kill nearly twice as many people as cocaine and five times more people than … Read more on The Coloradoan