All teens are going to drink, so you may as well let them do it at home where they’re safe. That’s what we hear from parents who believe that underage drinking parties at home are a good option, because they collect all the keys and no one drives drunk. While parents may have good intentions, [...]
Binge drinking is prevalent during adolescence. Adolescence is also a crucial developmental time for cognitive functioning, including spatial working memory. A new study has found the female may be particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of binge drinking. Binge or “heavy episodic” drinking is prevalent during adolescence, raising concerns about alcohol’s effects on crucial neuromaturational [...]
Dr. Jeffrey J. Narmi could not believe what he was seeing this spring in the emergency room at Schuylkill Medical Center in Pottsville, Pa.: people arriving so agitated, violent and psychotic that a small army of medical workers was needed to hold them down. They had taken new stimulant drugs that people are calling “bath [...]
Join Together: You have done quite a bit of research on drug use among 12 to 17 year olds. Why do you believe it is important to focus on that age group when it comes to Rx abuse? Carol: Substance use disproportionately starts between the ages of 12 to 25. When we look at National [...]
(AP) SAN FRANCISCO – Alcohol was a likely factor in the death of a 14-year-old Northern California girl after she and three friends apparently drank vodka mixed with soda during a weekend sleepover, authorities said Monday. Paramedics found Takeimi Rao of Santa Rosa dead in her bedroom around 9 a.m. Sunday. Her parents could not [...]
It’s normal to feel uneasy about talking to your teen about sex, drugs and alcohol. (I know I certainly did.) Here are 10 tips that may help you: Read More
At North Quincy High, he was dealing marijuana. He got busted for underage drinking and often came home drunk. His parents fired him from the family metal-finishing business in Quincy so he wouldn’t have money to buy drugs. For a couple of years, he was all right. But at 26, he was injured in a [...]
According to a new study, one or two blackouts from drinking make it much more likely that a college student will suffer an alcohol related injury in the future. The students–800 undergraduates and over 150 post-grads–were from five North American universities and were monitored for two years. Read More at drinkingdiaries.com
FRIDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) — The near death of a German teenager who consumed huge amounts of energy drinks mixed with vodka highlights the largely unrecognized danger of such beverage combinations, researchers report. The 17-year-old boy suffered acute kidney failure and was hospitalized for 10 days following the incident, when he drank one liter [...]
The synthetic marijuana that federal authorities banned months ago is back, being sold legally in a different form in shops and on the Internet. Manufacturers have changed the chemical compounds just enough to skirt the ban by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and a new state law, authorities said. Read more
