Teens Using Drugs and Driving
Recent surveys are turning up disturbing news about American teens, their attitudes toward drugs, and their behaviors and actions. A recent survey from the Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS)...
View ArticleADHD Meds Don’t Serve as a ‘Gateway’ to Illegal Drug Use, Study Finds
In the wake of the “study drug” phenomenon, more and more Americans are becoming aware of the risk of abuse that comes with ADHD medicines like Adderall. However, a new review of research on the topic...
View ArticleThe Abuse of Adderall Can Have Dangerous Side Effects
It could be called a steroid for the brain. That’s because, similar to the way steroids enhance physical performance, this pill boosts some parts of brain function. Used by college students to sharpen...
View ArticleTest Your Knowledge During National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month
Over-the-counter cough medicines and prescription drugs have become some of the most commonly abused drugs among teenagers. As the problem reaches crisis levels, the U.S. Senate has decided to take...
View ArticleRural Teens More Likely to Abuse Prescription Drugs Than Urban Teens
Teens who live in rural areas are more likely to abuse prescription drugs than their urban-dwelling peers, according to a new study that will be published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent...
View ArticlePain and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescent Females
Pain is often a precursor for depressive symptoms. It is very easy to understand how chronic pain might over time cause a person to become discouraged, withdrawn or experience other depressive...
View ArticleOxycodone Use Rising Among High School Students
There is a growing problem on high school campuses throughout the nation. More and more of today’s high school students are becoming addicted to the popular pain medication, OxyCodone. A new report in...
View ArticleMarijuana Becoming More Popular Among US Teens
A new federal survey shows that smoking marijuana is becoming even more popular among U.S. teens, and that they have cut down on smoking cigarettes, binge drinking, and using methamphetamine. More...
View ArticleTeen Abuse of ADHD Medications Shows Sharp Increase
The abuse of prescription medications has been a growing problem for the past 20 years. Now, new research suggests the abuse of stimulants prescribed for ADHD, amphetamines in particular, is rapidly...
View ArticleTeenagers Abusing ADHD Drugs
A new medical study found that more teenagers are abusing prescription medication used to treat ADHD. Calls to the National Poison Center related to teenage abuse of ADHD medications increased 76...
View ArticleIllicit Drug Use among Teens Down; Prescription Drug Abuse Up
Although fewer 8th, 10th, and 12th graders are reporting illicit drug use, more adolescents are abusing prescription drugs. The University of Michigan’s “Monitoring the Future” study surveyed 48,025...
View ArticleDangerous Pharm Parties Gaining Popularity in Idaho
More and more adolescents are turning up in emergency rooms having overdosed on a concoction of prescription medications after attending “pharm parties,” where juveniles bring a handful of random...
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