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Apr 21, 15 •
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It may seem silly, but if you have a teenager, you need to talk to him about the dangers of abusing over-the-counter cough and cold medicines. Although a number of brands and generic products can be abused this way, a common slang term for any such cold...
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Mar 29, 15 •
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Comments Off on The Scary Facts About Drugs In School
Facts about teens doing drugs are frightening, especially for parents. Teen drug use rates are high and consequences of this experimentation are serious. Drug use can disrupt the developing teen brain and cause lasting damage as well as an increased risk for...
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Mar 1, 15 •
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Comments Off on Why Do Teens Have Heightened Risks For Marijuana Addiction?
In teenagers transitioning from adolescence to early adulthood, heightened risks for marijuana addiction appear to be linked to widespread, marijuana-related changes in brain development, a team of researchers from two U.S. institutions reports. Teenage...
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Jan 2, 15 •
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Comments Off on Salvia And Teens: The Cold Hard Facts
It wasn’t until a video of former Disney-star-turned-teen-rebel Miley Cyrus smoking salvia went viral in December 2010 that most Americans became aware of the hallucinogenic substance. But in that month, Cyrus dragged salvia out of the shadows and exposed...
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Dec 28, 14 •
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Attitudes toward marijuana have been changing for some time. More than half of the states in the U.S. have legalized pot for medical use. Two states have legalized it for recreational use. Two more states and the District of Columbus will vote on the issue...
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Dec 26, 14 •
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Comments Off on Ketamine And Teens: The Cold Hard Facts
People looking to get high will go just about anywhere, or try just about anything, in order to achieve their goal of escape from mundane reality. Adolescents can be especially reckless in their pursuit of mind-numbing intoxication, since they tend to see...
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Nov 30, 14 •
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Comments Off on How Often Do Teen Marijuana Users Experience Withdrawal?
By M. Gideon Hoyle Marijuana and other forms of cannabis have a largely benign reputation in certain segments of the U.S. population, including most teenagers. Despite this reputation, significant numbers of marijuana users go on to develop an officially...
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Nov 18, 14 •
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Comments Off on Which Teenagers Stop Using Marijuana?
By M. Gideon Hoyle Marijuana use is fairly widespread among American teenagers,...
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Oct 24, 14 •
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Comments Off on LSD And Teens: The Cold Hard Facts
After LSD first appeared back in the 1960s, it quickly found a home among counterculture types looking to “turn on, tune in and drop out.” The surreal, psychedelic landscapes revealed under the influence of this man-made hallucinogen...
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Sep 4, 14 •
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Comments Off on Methamphetamines And Teens: The Cold Hard Facts
While it is not the most widely abused illegal drug, gram for gram, methamphetamine might be the most...
