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Pre-Natal Alcohol Exposure Shapes Sensory Preference, Upping the Odds of Later Alcohol Use and Abuse
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Mental Illness and Drug Addiction May Co-Occur Due to Disturbance in the Brain’s Seat of Anxiety and Fear
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Choline Shows Promise in Reducing Behavioral Effects Associated With Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
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Americans Engage in Unhealthy Behaviors to Manage Stress
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New Study Shows that Parental Alcoholism Creates Risk Factors for Substance Abuse in Emerging Adults that Extend Beyond Alcoholism
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For Stopping Smoking, Nicotine Therapy Works as Well for Teens as Adults but Not as Well for Women as for Men
(08/15/04)

Severity of ADHD in Children Increases Risk of Drug Use in Adolescence, Says Longitudinal Study
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Adolescents' Perceived Importance of Religion Found to Lessen Their Drug Use (03/30/03)

Influences on Adolescents' Experimenting with Smoking vs. Becoming Regular Smokers
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Drug Tolerance, Central to Addiction, Responds to Learned Cues - A Finding That May Lead to More Effective Treatment
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Internet Gamblers May be More Likely to Have a Serious Gambling Problem than Other Gamblers, Study Finds
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Alcoholism Hurts Women Neuropsychologically Almost the Same as it Hurts Men; Deficits Linger Months into Abstinence
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