Posts Tagged ‘drugs and teens’

It’s a sign of the times: kids now spend more time online than they do watching TV, going to the movies or playing video games. Parents may occasionally check in to see what they’re children are doing while surfing the web – and most probably [...]

Drugs have been a problem in our high schools for decades now. But one thing that never seems to change is that wherever there are teenagers, there will be substance abuse and addiction issues. What has changed is the different types of substances that teenage [...]

When TV host and ex-wife of Boomtown Rats lead singer Bob Geldof Paula Yates died of a heroin overdose in 2006, few were surprised. Yates had struggled with heroin and drug addiction for much of her adult life. Much sadder is the news that Yates [...]

Irish youth using heroin at a shockingly young age The Irish Examiner is reporting that there is a growing heroin addiction problem among children as young as 12 years old. The shocking report is based on the findings of Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, that [...]