All parents hope their children will be smart. But no parents want their children to grow up to have problems with drugs like cocaine, marijuana and amphetamines. So it’s no surprise that a study out this week linking high IQ in children with illegal drug use as adults has been giving parents the willies. “I [...]
University of Memphis student Sarah Harrison doesn’t indulge in other people’s prescription drugs, but she knows plenty of college kids who do. Making her way across campus on a rainy afternoon, the junior said, “I mean, anyone can get it, and if you don’t have it, someone will sell it to you.” Harrison is referring [...]
THEY’RE young and they want their freedom and the open road. The tragedy is that most road deaths involving drunk drivers occur in the 19 to 25 age group. The victims belong to the crucial age group of young adults who are newly independent. They are socialising, drinking with peers and learning to drive. This [...]
As a parent you may be feeling pretty hopeless concerning your teen, however there are some steps you can take to help your teen say no to teenage drug abuse. The following is quick list of some steps you can take to help you and your teen avoid teenage drug abuse. Initiate a pressure free [...]
The stereotypical drug addict is broke, desperate, male and trapped by his circumstance. Many believe that he lives in urban areas and grew up poor with few opportunities for education. More and more often, however, stories are popping up that demonstrate that the opposite is true – anyone can fall victim to drug addiction, even [...]
When it comes to drinking, we need to teach our children there is the good, the bad, and the ugly. We cannot afford to be lax in this area of child rearing. Recently a friend mentioned that she and her husband have decided to abstain from drinking alcohol in front of their two teenage children. [...]
WASHINGTON – It is a growing epidemic across college campuses. Students are popping pills to get an academic edge. The drug is Adderall, a prescription drug that is illegally abused by many students to study. Only the consequences can be deadly. The pill gives college students the ability to pull all-nighters, study for days with [...]
This week in Orange County the parents of two young men filed lawsuits against the doctor who supplied the prescription drugs the lead to the deaths of their sons. Dr. Lisa Tseng, who dispenses prescriptions from an office in a strip mall in Rowland Heights, has been linked to 10 drug deaths since 2007. Most [...]
The first-ever survey of adolescent alcohol and drug abuse to recognize youths of mixed race or ethnicity has found that such kids hover closest to white adolescents in the rate at which they suffer substance abuse disorders. That is not reassuring, because white adolescents are among the most likely ethnic and racial groups to have [...]
Both male and female teens have found a new way to get drunk by soaking tampons with vodka shots and inserting them into, ahem, body cavities. The craze is seen as a way to evade most of the telltale signs of alcohol use or abuse, but experts say it is much more harmful than drinking [...]
