Many teens experiment with drugs to be like their friends or because they’re experiencing rebellious feelings. For most, it’s a casual one or two time episode and they move on to more productive activities. But for others, the temptation lingers and it becomes more difficult for them to break away. They may get in over [...]
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Teenage drug abuse
September 27th, 2009Danger: Teens Drinking and Driving
September 27th, 2009Though declining slightly from 2006 to2007, the statistics concerning teens drinking and driving are still staggering every year and should serve as a warning that action needs to be taken by parents, communities, and government. Because driving safely requires concentration, dexterity, visual acuity, and coordination, a small rise in the blood alcohol level can impair [...]
Teens and Drugs
September 24th, 2009Many teens encounter, or have issues, with drugs. Reasons for teens and drug use include low self-esteem and undiagnosed mental disorders such as depression, for which some teens try to self-medicate. Popular drugs among teenagers include marijuana (also known as pot), “magic mushrooms,” LSD, crystal meth, cocaine, and MDMA, also called E, Ecstasy, or X. [...]
Teenage Drug Rehab
September 23rd, 2009Does your teen need teenage drug rehabilitation? Having one of your children turn to drugs abuse or alcohol use can be a heartbreaking experience. You are probably asking yourself if there was anything you could have done differently that might have helped, or if you somehow pushed them toward their bad decision. However, many teenagers [...]
Drugs and Teenagers
September 23rd, 2009The three most frightening words to parents of teens are “Drugs and Teenagers”. For decades they have suffered nightmares of their children being lost in the world of illegal drug use, distribution, and law enforcement.
The connection between drugs and teenager’s is no longer the sleazy character standing on the corner offering to get them high [...]
Teen Drug and Alcohol Abuse
September 22nd, 2009Although it is not unusual for teenagers to experiment with alcohol and drugs, this does not mean it should be tolerated. Your child should be taught a healthy respect for themselves and, therefore, a sensible approach to drinking and trying drugs. Most teens who do experiment do not go on to develop substance problems, but [...]
Teens and Drinking
September 21st, 2009There is an epidemic plaguing the world that is more dangerous than the typical virus. This virus is not contagious, but it affects the lives of people indirectly. This virus is teenage drug and alcohol abuse. Though it is not a literal virus, it usually results in devastation for families and friends of teens that [...]
Teenagers and Drugs
September 20th, 2009The drug epidemic in our country continues to worsen with each passing year. The group that seems to be hit hardest are the teenagers of our society. In 2003 it was found that 8th graders, ranging in age for 12 to 14, have a 30.3% chance of having partaken in the abuse of an illegal [...]
Professional Teenage Drug Use Treatment
September 20th, 2009No matter how much we warn our children about drug abuse, experimenting with drugs has become such a right of passage in our society that it can be very difficult to convince our children not to make the mistakes of dabbling with drug experimentation on their own at some point during their youth. While most [...]
Teenage Drug Addiction
September 18th, 2009Teenage drug addictions are not just on television—it is in millions of families’ homes. The image of a drug addict is an old man, huddled in a fetid flophouse or alley somewhere. In truth, drug addiction knows no age and many young people fall into its trap even before they are old enough to drive. [...]
