Teen Drug Abuse

Angels at Risk: Damage Control Works in the Kindest of Ways

Susie Spain | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Teen Alcohol Abuse, Parenting, Family Dinner Table Talk, Teen Drug Abuse, Teen Drug Use, Family Dinners, Teen Drinking, Impact News

Teens who do not have dinner with their families five to seven times per week are twice as likely to have used alcohol and 1.5 times likelier to have used marijuana, as compared to teens who do participate in family dinners.

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Shocking Statistics About Teens And Painkiller Drugs

Reuters | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Teens Painkiller Abuse, Teen Drug Abuse, Reuters, Painkillers, Painkiller Addiction, Teens-Prescription-Drugs, Painkiller Abuse, Oxycotin, Codeine, Teen News

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK, May 7 (Reuters Health) - One in eight older U.S. teenagers has used powerful painkiller drugs without pr...

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New Report Reveals Rise In Teen Marijuana Use

AP | JENNIFER C. KERR | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Number of Teens Who Smoke, Parents-Teens, Teens Smoking Pot, Teen Drug Abuse, Teen Drug Use, Teens Smoking Pot on the Rise, Teen Marijuana Use, Teen Pot Use, Parents News

WASHINGTON -- More teens are smoking dope, with nearly 1 in 10 lighting up at least 20 or more times a month, according to a new survey of young peopl...

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The Most Dangerous Type of Facebook Photos

Gina Scarpino | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: High School, Substance Abuse, Teens, National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse, Teen Drug Abuse, Joseph Califano Jr., Teen Drinking, Teen News

After being exposed to pictures on Facebook of drinking or illegal drug use, some teens feel the need to try it. But posting pictures that show minors drinking or using drugs could get you into trouble.

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Youth Drug Use: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

R. Gil Kerlikowske | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: K2, Marijuana, Spice, Public Health, Synthetic Marijuana, Drug Policy, Public Safety, Teen Drugs, Teen Drug Abuse, Teen Drug Use, Drug Statistics, Teen Drug Statistics, Health News, Healthy Living News

Last week, I joined officials from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Department of Health and Human Services to announce the results of the largest annual survey on youth drug use in America.

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Mom Produces Film On The Scary Truth Of Teen Drug Abuse

lagunaniguel.patch.com | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Overtaken, Teens Using Prescription Pills, Teen Drug Addiction, Behind the Orange Curtain, Teen Drug Abuse, Teen Drug Use, Parents News

Like two other Laguna Niguel mothers concerned about the local prescription drug epidemic, Natalie Costa is on a mission. A resident since 1986, sh...

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Teen Drug And Alcohol Use Lowest Among Blacks, Asians

Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Teen Alcohol, Video, Asian Teen Substance Use, Teen Substance Abuse, Teen Drug Abuse, Black Teen Substance Use, Teen Drug Use, Hispanic Teen Substance Use, Teens, Dan Blazer, Substance Abuse, Archives of General Psychiatry, Duke University, National-Center-on-Addiction-and-Substance-Abuse, Education News

Black and Asian adolescents are much less likely to turn to drugs or alcohol than teens of other races, according to a new study. The survey of ado...

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Dr. Nora Volkow: New Brain Research Helps Explain Drug Addiction

Rehema Trimiew | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Prescription Drug Addiction, Dopamine, Drug Addiction, Video, Teen Drug Abuse, Teen Drug Use, Drug Abuse, You've Got, Nora Volkow, Healthy Living News

Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, has studied the neural pathways of addiction and believes that we've got to protec...

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The Scary Truth About Teen Prescription Drug Abuse

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Bindley | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Prescription Drug Addiction, Teen Drug Abuse, Drug Problems, Parenting Teens, Drug Problems Youth, Prescription Drugs, Adolescents, Drug Abuse, Prescription Painkillers, Prescription Drug Abuse, Teenagers, Parents News

If you have teenagers, you may have established a system to keep them out of your liquor cabinet or wine fridge. But experts are now saying you should...

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Potent Legal Drug Grows In Popularity Among High School Students

Posted 08.04.2011

Read More: Video, Legal Marijuana, Incense, Teen Drug Abuse, Marijuana, High-School-Drugs, Spice, Legal Drugs, Marijuana Legalization, Legal Pot, Drugs, Education News

A potent drug known as "spice" is being sold to high school students across the country, ABC News reports. "Spice," also known as "K2" or "legal mari...

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NY High School Plans To Add Drug Clinic

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: William Floyd High School, High School Drugs, Teen Drug Abuse, Daytop Outreach, High School Drug Clinic, Education News

In just a few short years, the number of cases of students caught possessing drugs or coming to class under the influence at William Floyd High School...

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iDOSING: Teens Getting High On Digital Drugs

Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teen Drug Abuse, Idozer, Drugs, I-Dosing, I-Dozer, Idosing, Internet Drugs, Digital Drugs, Digital Drug, Digital High, Binaural Beats, Video, Technology News

With a little help from the internet, young people getting high off of "digital drugs," NewsOK reports. According to a News 9 segment, these "digit...

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Underage Drinking Soars Among Teen Girls (VIDEO)

CBS | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Teen Girls Drinking, Drinking Underage, Teen Drug Abuse, Teenage Drinking, Underage Drinking, Wellness, Teen Drinking, Teenage Girls Drinking, Video, Healthy Living News

The Fourth of July is prime time for teen drinking, and this year might be worse than usual. Alcohol and drug abuse in young people has taken a shift ...

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1 In 5 High Schoolers Abuse Prescription Drugs

AP | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Drug Abuse, Teen Drug Abuse, Prescription Drug Abuse, Family, Teen Prescription Drugs, Drug Use, Healthy Living News

ATLANTA — A new report shows one in five high school students have taken a prescription drug that they didn't get from a doctor. The abused dru...

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Medicine Abuse: Not Just a Television Plotline

Stephen J. Pasierb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House, Glee, House Otc Episode, Fox House, Otc, Over the Counter Cough Medicines, Teen Drug Abuse, Otc Cough Medicine Getting High, Using Over the Counter Medicine to Get High, Teen Drug Addiction, Cough Medicine Abuse, Otc Addiction, Politics News

One in 10 teens reports abusing over-the-counter (OTC) cough medicines to get high. This fall, there's a new force in the promotion of OTC medicine abuse: network television shows House and Glee.

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Spring Break -- Just Say No.

Tracey Jackson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Teenager, Parenting, Spoilt, Parenting Advice, Alcohol, Teens, Underaged Drinking, Natalie Holloway, Teen-Parent Conflict, Teen Drug Abuse, Teens Parents, Alcohol-Related Arrest, Teen Alcohol Abuse, Binge Drinking, Spring Break Destination, The Price of Privelige, Healthy Living News

These kids may be on their way to college but when they board those flights to Spring Break, passport and parent's Amex in hand, they are often still seventeen-years-old.

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