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Teens Who Can Express Themselves More Likely to Avoid Drugs

(1/3/2012)

By Denise Mann
WebMD
December 23, 2011

When New York City stock broker Karen N. was raising her now 27-year-old daughter, dinners were never quiet -- especially during Kimberly’s teen years.

View the full WebMD article: http://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20111222/teens-who-can-express-themselves-more-likely-to-say-no-to-drugs-alcohol


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Recovery Month promotes the societal benefits of prevention, treatment, and recovery for substance use and mental disorders, celebrates people in recovery, lauds the contributions of treatment and service providers, and promotes the message that recovery in all its forms is possible. Recovery Month spreads the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, that prevention works, treatment is effective and people can and do recover.

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