Women and Substance Abuse

Young people today are exposed earlier than ever to drugs. Based on a survey by the Centers for Disease Control in 2007, 45% of high school students nationwide drank alcohol and 19.7% smoked pot during a one-month period.

Collected from the Foundation for a Drug-Free World

Women and Substance Abuse

Today, more than 4 million women in this country use drugs. Women of all ages, races and cultures. Women just like your best friend, your sister, your co-worker, or your daughter....Women just like you.

Drug abuse is a serious, continuing illness. There are no easy cures.Women who try to quit sometimes fail at first. But help is available to overcome the illness of drug abuse.Women who use drugs do not have to face the problem alone.

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1. "Special K" is a PCP-like drug that can cause users to believe they've been contacted by extraterrestrials.
Sharon Simmons Sandahl is a Tau Chapter initiate from the University of Mississippi, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy.  Sharon is a member of...

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