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Dr. Robert Booher

Why Do Young People Begin to Use Mood Altering Drugs?

January 6, 2016 By Dr. Robert Booher

Working in the field of addiction medicine for the last 35 years and as a practicing pediatrician for the last 20 years has allowed me to draw several conclusions about substance abuse and addiction in adolescents and young adults.  Is adolescent addiction a recent disease of the new millennium? Certainly not. Have the reasons that […]

Filed Under: Helpful Articles Tagged With: addiction medicine, dependency, drugs, opiates

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