Drug Use: Witnessing the Adverse Affects
When children are growing up, their grade schools and high schools attempt to deter drug use. The anti-drug committees collaborate, in many schools, to create a presentation outlining the effects of...
View ArticleOver the Counter Medicine Abuse Increasing Among Teen Males
The dangers of the home medicine cabinet were a topic of discussion at San Francisco’s recent 140th annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, the oldest organization of public health...
View Article12 Step Programs Help Teens Fight Addiction
Many people may be familiar with the organization Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). They may, however, be less familiar with the strategy which makes AA so successful in helping people live sober for a...
View ArticleThe Effects of Adderall Abuse
In 1996, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) introduced a psycho stimulant that assists those with attention-deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD). Used properly, the drug helps many children and...
View ArticleWhat We Need to Know About the New Drug Trends Among Kids
As recently as 2009, a new set of drugs began appearing on the scene. These drugs bore the humdrum names of ordinary household products, but were anything but ordinary in their actual effects. Kids...
View ArticlePsychosis and Marijuana Use Linked in Teens
With recent legalizations at the state level for marijuana use, some argue that it is only a matter of time before smoking pot will be as commonplace as tobacco or alcohol use. Even in some states that...
View ArticleHigh IQ in Childhood May Increase Risks for Illicit Drug Use in Adulthood
In recent decades, researchers and mental health experts have made extensive progress in uncovering the basic nature of substance abuse and addiction. In part, their conclusions show that, over time,...
View ArticleRitalin: Gateway Drug or Safe Prescription?
Ritalin is a commonly prescribed psychotropic medication, most often given to children to treat the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD and attention deficit disorder, or ADD....
View ArticleAustin Drug Rehab and Treatment
Drug use in Austin, Texas and around the United States is a rising problem. More and more people, especially young people, are experimenting with drugs, in particular prescription painkillers and...
View ArticleMothball Abuse
The variety of substances misused by people at times seems staggering. It is especially alarming when teenagers come up with a different everyday substances to consume, smoke, or inhale for a high....
View ArticleCollege Student’s Death Sparks Renewed Warnings About the Dangers of Inhalants
Current Events: Lee Johnson The problem of inhalant abuse has surfaced again in a recent story from California, where nitrous oxide abuse is linked to the death of a college student. According to the...
View ArticleTeen Drug Use: Drugs Easy to Get, New Mexico Teens Say
The war on drugs has cost tax payers billions of dollars. In 2010 alone, the misuse of drugs cost America nearly 40,000 lives. Alcohol was blamed as a factor in about 85,000 deaths. Prescription drug...
View ArticleTeens and ‘Study Drug’ Abuse
Teenagers have been pulling all-nighters and cramming for tests for as long as schools have existed. Maybe even you have pulled an all-nighter, fueled by nothing more than a 2-liter bottle of...
View ArticleUnited Nations Leading International War on Drugs
Curbing drug use isn’t something that can be solely dealt with at a national level. Effective policies must be put in place on a global scale. In 2010, approximately 5 percent of people all over the...
View ArticleOnline Pharmacies Ready to Sell to Teens Without a Prescription
The prescription drug abuse epidemic is an ongoing battle. Community awareness endeavors encouraged moms and dads to be more aware of the prescription drugs in family cupboards and to secure or remove...
View ArticleWar on Drugs Not Effective at Protecting American Youth
The war on drugs is failing, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). In 2009, more people died as a result of drug use than from all traffic accidents combined. And despite the fact...
View ArticleGang Members Suffer Unprecedented Levels of Psychiatric Illness, Study Finds
Gangs are known for the physical and social threats they pose to rival gang members and their general communities. However, gang membership itself apparently poses a significant threat to mental...
View ArticleHow Does Impulsive Behavior Differ from Teens with ADHD Compared to Those...
Impulsive behavior, known more formally as impulsivity, is behavior that occurs spontaneously or with only minimal forethought or preparation. For a number of reasons, teenagers generally act...
View ArticlePre and Young Teens Succumb to Message That Smoking Marijuana Is No Big Deal
Britain’s Daily Mail recently ran an article from the mother of a 12-year-old who told how her daughter’s friends are experimenting with marijuana and being expelled from school. Once confined to...
View ArticleCelebrity Substance Abuse May Have Impact on Teens
Drug addiction can affect a wide array of people, but it’s mostly the celebrities who are struggling with substance abuse that we hear about, such as Amy Winehouse and Corey Haim. What are the reasons...
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