Posts Tagged ‘teen drug abuse’

A recent report on a Canadian website shows that parents often underestimate their teen’s actual drug use. The report found that many parents assume their teens are making the right choices about drugs and alcohol. The reality is that kids today are doing more drug [...]

Teen prescription drug abuse and addiction are on the rise. This disturbing trend has been gaining ground for years. The pills are easy to get and distribute, especially from other kids. They can be a quick fix for a teen who wants a high or [...]

The risks of teen drinking and drug use have never been more obvious. Brain scans are starting to reveal the effect that heavy alcohol and drug use can have on growing brains. If you have a teen, you must tell them about this. It isn’t [...]

Aaron Selchow of Los Gatos, California, lost his best friend to a car accident during his senior year. Over the next three years, Selchow self-medicated his grief with drugs and alcohol until July, 2010, when he overdosed on methadone and died at the age of [...]

When it comes to teen drug addiction, prevention usually comes in the form of talking to teenagers about the dangers and health issues that result when drugs are an issue. The risks of drug addiction, drug overdose, teen pregnancy and disease through unprotected sex as [...]

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 [...]

Teenagers and adolescents who have an alcohol or drug abuse problem are putting their long-term health at great risk. From the age of 12 through 20 years old, a young person’s body is in transition. Drugs and alcohol alters the system during this crucial period [...]