Category: Substance Abuse
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Marijuana Today: A More Serious Drug Used by Teens
Going To Pot: Marijuana Today - More Potent/Dangerous By Shalmali Pal In a recent interview, Lady Gaga, the reigning queen of pop culture, described her hit song, “Born This Way,” as “the ...
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Heroin in the Suburbs: Parents Need to Know
Heroin makes its mark in the 21st Century By Shalmali Pal Kelli Davis of Reno, Nevada began abusing tobacco and alcohol in her early teens, progressively making her way to illegal drugs. ...
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Spice/K2 and Teen Drug Abuse
Parent Warning: New Drug Called Spice by Scott Schlachter There is a new smokable drug popular with teenagers, called Spice or K2 (though it has several other names, such as Nebula, Artic ...
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Parents,Teenagers and Trust
Protecting or over-protecting your teen? Here's the scoop on my 16-year-old daughter and her first 18-year-old boyfriend. Mary and Don had been seeing each other for five months. Don seemed nice enough, ...
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Teens Share Their Typical Weekend Plans
A Typical Weekend: Four Teens tell their stories TEEN 1 I wish that my stressful week ended on Friday afternoon with a fun and relaxing weekend, but it always seems that the ...
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How Teens Hide Alcohol Use
Top 13 “Covers” for a Night of Drinking Parents anonymously contributed to this list. Below are the most common excuses or covers that our teens employ to hide alcohol use. 1. Ask to ...
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