Teenagers’ confidential reports about illicit drug use are used by doctors and public health experts to measure the extent of the problem, and to help teens in trouble. But it turns out that teens fib big time in those anonymous surveys—and their parents do, too. Researchers asked 432 African-American teenagers and their parents to [...]
The tragic death of a young man due to drug addiction, as told by his father, served as a “wake-up call” to Rose Tree Media School District parents attending a special presentation at Penncrest High School recently — and to Penncrest students who were riveted by the same powerful message delivered the next day at [...]
A disturbing report on the rise of heroin use by teenagers in America’s suburbs has some parents and educators worried. They’re alarmed that seemingly normal teens are becoming addicted to the deadly drug. Residents at a town hall meeting in a suburb of Washington state recently received a startling revelation. Close to 50 kids at [...]
The Oregon Board of Pharmacy has banned synthetic cannabis, KGW reported Oct. 15, and a statewide prevention group recommends this strategy to other states trying to do the same. Synthetic cannabis, also known as “K2″ or “Spice,” was sold in smoke shops throughout the state as incense. If smoked, it produces a high similar [...]
A troubled youth can cause a family to be ripped apart. There is marital tension over how to handle the situation and siblings needs get left out because all attention is focused on the child in trouble. The earlier a parent can intervene if teen substance abuse if present, the better. However, many families stay [...]
Many Teens are depressed and report suffering from weeks of loss of motivation in daily activities. Instead of turning to counseling or seek doctor’s help for possibly treatment with prescribed depression medication, they are choosing to self-medicate. They are choosing anything from marijuana to prescription drugs as their self medication. At first abusing prescription drugs [...]
Effects of Teenage Substance Abuse on the Family Overview Any family, regardless of income or makeup, can have a teen who abuses drugs. And when that teen abuses drugs or alcohol, the whole family feels it, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Read more
In a sixth-floor courtroom at the Regional Justice Center, two dozen young offenders anxiously wait for Judge Cedric Kerns to call them to the podium for evaluation. The defendants, ages 18 to 24, are struggling drug addicts, who by all accounts should be dead from the heroin, cocaine, crystal meth and prescription medicine that once [...]
A number of anti-drug organizations delivered words of warning this month upon the federal government’s release of data from the 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) showing some increases in young people’s use of drugs such as marijuana and prescription medications for nonmedical purposes. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [...]
Recent studies among middle and high school aged kids across the country show a disturbing form of substance abuse among teens: the intentional abuse of otherwise beneficial medications, both prescription (Rx) and over-the-counter (OTC), to get high. Teens who learn a lot about the dangers of drugs from their parents are half as likely to [...]
