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Press Release RAND 1700 Main Street | P.O. Box 2138 Santa Monica, CA 90407 www.rand.org Children who are drinking alcohol by 7th grade are more likely to suffer employment problems, abuse other drugs, and commit criminal and violent acts once […]

NEW YORK (CNN) –A survey released Monday found a major gap between the number of teenagers who admit having used the psychoactive drug Ecstasy and the number of parents who think their kids have tried it. Only 1 percent of […]

(The Associated Press) — Cocaine-addicted rats experience bursts of brain chemical activity just before seeking out their next fix, scientists report in a finding that could open a new avenue for treating human addicts. When the rats merely heard or […]

By TIM WEINER ENSENADA, Mexico — Ryan Fraidenburgh was 14 when he was brought here shackled, kicking and screaming. Two men carrying handcuffs and leg irons came for him at his mother’s home in Sacramento, Calif., shoved him into a […]