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Teens Say Drinking and Driving Riskier Than Texting and Driving, Survey Finds
A new survey finds U.S. teens think drinking and driving is riskier than texting and driving, despite research that indicates they can be equally dangerous. The State Farm survey included 652 teens...
View ArticleCommentary: 6 Tips to Protect Your Child From Online Drug Threats
Many people in Philadelphia were stunned by a recent report that students in one community had been depicted on YouTube drinking and taking other drugs. It’s not entirely clear what people were most...
View ArticleTeens Who Play Choking Game More Likely to Engage in Drug Abuse, Study Finds
Teenagers who play a risky activity called the “choking game” to get high are more likely to engage in other kinds of high-risk behavior, such as drug abuse and sex, than their peers who do not play...
View ArticleSharp Increase in Prescription Drug Poisonings Among Teens Reported
By Join Together Staff | April 17, 2012 | Leave a comment | Filed in Drugs, Prescription Drugs & Youth Poisoning deaths among teenagers rose 91 percent between 2000 and 2009, primarily due to...
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Teenagers’ Latest Bad Idea: Drinking Hand Sanitizer
by Nancy Shute Keep the sanitizer on your hands and out of your mouth. Teenagers can be pretty creative in their pursuit of a cheap buzz. Last month we reported on the “cinnamon challenge,” which...
View ArticleHand Sanitizer Used by Teens To Get Drunk: Dangerous Teen Trends
As many as six California teenagers were hospitalized with alcohol poisoning last month, and two last weekend alone, from drinking hand sanitizer. Coming on the heels of cough medicine, hand sanitizer...
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Prescription drug abuse abetted by family, friends: study
The study, based on an ongoing national survey of nearly 70,000 Americans aged 12 and over, offers a snapshot of a growing health and safety problem that is already responsible for more fatal overdoses...
View ArticleWhat Parents Should Know About Prescription Drug Use
Contrary to popular belief, abuse of prescription drugs is no less serious than the use of illegal street drugs. In fact, teens abusing prescription drugs are more likely to become victims of violence,...
View ArticleAre We Addicted to Being an Enabler?
I have written several articles about the family and friends’ unhealthy involvement in their loved ones’ addiction and/or recovery issues and process. So, if what you read sounds familiar, it probably...
View ArticleWhat the Brain Says About Maturity
Laurence Steinberg, distinguished university professor of psychology at Temple University, is the author of “You and Your Adolescent” and a member of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law...
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