The fear of being caught reduced substance use by about 40% among a group of 11- to 15-year-olds
Marijuana abuse among 6- to 18-year-olds has increased 245% since 2000, while child alcohol abuse has steadily declined over those years
America’s original schools didn’t just make kids memorize facts or learn skills; they taught them to think freely and arrive at wisdom….
Alcohol, cannabis, and nicotine use all declined sharply, even as most schools remained closed
Might lead to less misuse or binge drinking in the future, but data do not generally support that conclusion
“religious service attendance is associated with a lower risk of death from despair among health care professionals
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Older teens who know that their parents disapprove of drinking are less likely to drive impaired as young adults
Adolescent Drinking Increases Anxiety, Alcohol Abuse Later in Life
Association between generalized anxiety disorder at age 18 and harmful drinking three years later, thanks to the long-term health study Children of…
A growing body of evidence supports the idea that alcohol exposure early in life has lasting effects on the brain and increases…
More U.S. Teens Are Vaping, But Use of Opioids, Alcohol Falls
Rebellious teens used to reach for cigarettes or alcohol. Now, marijuana is increasingly their first choice, a new study reveals.
When those conversations should start earlier than when parents think it should start
Study: teens raised in a religious or spiritual environment may be less likely to do drugs and engage in risky sexual behaviors.
In an analysis of nationwide surveys from between 20014 and 2014, researchers have found that pot is increasingly replacing cigarettes and alcohol…
“When we did this study, we saw that children as young as 12 sometimes start drinking.”
College Drinking Culture In Spain, Argentina, And The USA: An Examination Of Impulsivity, College Alcohol Beliefs, And Alcohol Outcomes
one-third of young adults report having been in a vehicle with a driver impaired by alcohol or drugs, a new study finds.
Parents who allow their young children to occasionally sip and taste alcohol may be contributing to an increased risk for alcohol use…
When parents supply the drinks, teens are more than twice as likely to binge-drink or show symptoms of alcohol use disorder as…
It’s a tough call, but based on the science, there appears to be a clear answer
State funding for organised sport and other clubs has increased in Iceland to give kids new ways to feel like part of…
Teens who are dependent on marijuana and alcohol are less likely to marry, go to college, or work full time
Big Declines in Substance Abuse, Delinquency Among U.S. Teens
If kids only watched YouTube for insights into drinking, they’d get a very slanted view, new research shows
It shows the difference Jesus brings in the most tragic, unimaginable circumstances
Teens who start drinking at younger ages are more likely to have their first sexual encounter earlier than others, according to a…
Police Chief: I would speak to our teens and young adults out there: You’re not invincible
“A ‘typical’ concert is around 20-30 transports. 60 would be very bad. We had 70 once and 90 last night,”
The Good News and Bad News in Today’s Alcohol Trends
“Everyone was egging her on and she was excited,” Munoz told Inside Edition. While partygoers were shocked, they all thought it was…
Rates are two to three times higher than national norms
Adolescents who have a greater tendency to lie to their parents are also more likely to start using alcohol at an earlier…
…more likely to show signs of depression in seventh grade, and abuse substances like alcohol, marijuana or tobacco in 10th grade, researchers…
“alcohol causes more damage to the developing brain of teenagers than was previously thought, injuring them significantly more than it does…
Too much alcohol may not do long-term damage to a college student’s GPA, but adding marijuana to the mix can send grades…
Can let you know when you’ve had one too many
A new study finds that brainy students are more likely to drink or try marijuana, but they stayed away from tobacco
The study found that alcohol use caused significant alterations in both electrical and chemical neurotransmission among the study participants
Monitoring The Future Study: 2016
More likely… to drink, but less likely to binge
…more likely to report sleep disruption related to stress and illness and were more likely to fall asleep during briefings or on…
American teenagers are the best behaved they’ve ever been — drinking and smoking less and doing fewer drugs than their predecessors in…
May affect the brain function of their future children, potentially putting them at risk of developing mood disorders such as anxiety or…
Teen Virgins rate significantly and consistently better in nearly all health-related behaviors and measures than their sexually active peers
“Adolescent binge drinking not only is dangerous to the brain development of teenagers, but also may impact the brains of their children,”
Alcohol was also associated with sexualized imagery or lyrics, objectification of women, and linked to personal image, lifestyle, and sociability
Party! Malia Obama pictured playing pong with table full of plastic cups and beer cans just days after arriving home from family…
Alcohol consumption accounts for more than 5,000 adolescent deaths each year in the U.S
Parents can help prevent their underage kids from drinking by employing a relatively simple strategy: setting clear rules that prohibit drinking, new…
Don’t miss this opportunity before they leave
A new study has found that demographic factors, cognitive functioning, and brain features during the early-adolescence ages of 12 to 14 years…
Two teenagers were killed and two were injured after a wreck in Missouri Monday morning and local police confirm they stopped the…
Teens who use both pot and alcohol during middle and high school are more likely to have poor academic performance and mental…
Teenagers often are tempted to try some alcohol. Many give in when they are just 12 to 16 years old
I think what these studies are showing is that there are long-lasting effects from adolescent alcohol exposure, and it is not innocuou
For the study, Cheng and her colleagues collected data on about 390,000 U.S. teens and young adults aged 12 to 24
Almost 400 children under the age of 18 have reportedly been convicted of murder in Britain over the past two decades
Comparative data about risk-taking behavior among teenagers in every year back to 1972
“Alcohol can permanently harm a developing baby before a woman knows she is pregnant,”
New study reveals serious liver damage linked to chronic alcohol use
Overall, 44,892 students from 382 public and private shools participated in the 2015 survey
Daily marijuana use surpassed cigarettes
Middle-class parents warned against introducing children to alcohol at home
Repeated alcohol exposure during adolescence leads to long-term damage to the brain’s memory and learning functions
Students would do if they went to a party, got drunk, had sex with a stranger and then contracted herpes
A new study suggests that a family’s rules concerning alcohol use aren’t nearly as important as the family itself
4,750 teenagers 15-years-old and under take their first sip of alcohol on any given day in America
Beall’s friends tried to intervene by sending her text messages asking her to stop before she killed someone
If all this stops one person from making the same mistake, then some good has come from showing this video
Over time, teens from intact families that were allowed to drink at home had the lowest levels of alcohol use and problems
Since 2010, poison control..400% increase in calls related to children younger than 12 ingesting hand sanitizer
Said they have experienced verbal or non-verbal harassment, including groping, flashing and unwanted sexual comments
Sometimes those who have less, are the ones who…
90% of teens are sleep deprived — and the health costs could be significant
The annual Health and Social Care Information Centre survey of 6,000 pupils aged 11 to 15
The findings may help explain why heavy-drinking teens decline in school performance
Parents have the strongest influence on kids when it comes to many things, including drinking alcohol