In 2008, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIDA, 31 million people 12 and older admitted to driving under the influence of alcohol at least once during the year. Nearly 2.2 million high school students had abused pain relievers...
While adolescents' use of some drugs has fallen in recent years, young people are still experimenting with substances. A teen's ability to foresee the consequences of his behavior does not necessarily develop at the same time as his potentially...
Substance abuse is a problem that affects every sector of the population, regardless of gender, culture, background, financial status or age. Children as young as 12, as well as the elderly, can abuse drugs. Adolescent drug use is especially...
Having access to drugs puts teens at risk of substance abuse. Other factors that increase adolescent vulnerability to drug use include age, gender, poor judgment and the belief that drug use is an acceptable behavior. Early stages of contemplation...
Strategies for preventing drug abuse range from an individual focus to a community-wide approach. Considering that there are both internal and external contributors to drug abuse, it make sense to consider environmental factors as well as those...
As you've probably noticed, teens are not just young adults. Adolescents have specific developmental tasks, different behaviors and unique needs from those of adults; therefore, it's important when considering drug rehab for youth to choose one...
Drug use in adolescence continues to be a major health risk. Many individuals begin using drugs in high school, with smaller numbers of people beginning in junior high. Developmentally, adolescents are oriented toward risk taking, including...
Drug use among adolescents is a serious health, societal and economic problem facing America today. Drug use can alter the brain, resulting in compulsive drug abuse and chronic addiction. Drug addiction is associated with many health problems,...
Making the transition from childhood to adulthood, teens experience a great deal of stress as they attempt to establish their identities, fit in with their peer group, perform well in school and begin to plan for the future. At the same time, they...
Narconon, a non-profit program that aims to eliminate drug abuse through prevention, education and rehabilitation, indicates that there are an estimated 15 million drug users in the United States. Increasingly, children are using drugs and alcohol...
Teens are curious individuals who feel that they are invincible. Teenagers are constantly trying to become their own person and test the boundaries that authority figures have set in place for them. Sometimes, these types of behaviors lead to...
Teenage drug use is wide-ranging, and the popularity of specific drugs varies with each generations. According to the Adolescent Substance Abuse Knowledge Base, common reasons for this variance include perceived benefits of drug use, availability...
Alcohol use in adolescents is a serious concern in the United States. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that adolescent alcohol use is more widespread than adolescent tobacco or illicit drug use. The risks of alcohol...
Aside from the personal effects of drug addiction, the disease can cause problems for everyone around the addict as well. The person may have a drug addiction to alcohol, illicit substances such as cocaine, heroine, opiate pills and prescription...
The primary factors that seem to affect increased drug use generally among teens are perceived risk, perceived social approval and perceived availability, according to the Adolescent Substance Abuse Knowledge Base, or ASK. Other, more specific...
The probability that your teen will be exposed to drugs during adolescence is very high, and based on statistics from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, there is also a good chance your teen will try them. There are several things about...
Many teenagers get high from abusing substances which range from diverted prescription drugs to street drugs to inhalants to alcohol. Some of these teens will go on to a life of addiction, abusing increasingly dangerous substances. Some teens will...
Adolescents with substance abuse problems require special treatment considerations. In a nationwide sample, 7 percent of adolescents met criteria for alcohol, marijuana or hard drug abuse/dependence, according to a 2000 study published by Dean G....
Refuting the myth that eating chocolate or greasy foods causes acne, the experts at the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases do note that hormones can play a significant role in acne outbreaks. It most commonly...
The 2006 Office of Applied Studies, or OAS report, notes that "In the United States in 2006, one third of adolescents aged 12 to 17 drank alcohol in the past year, one fifth used an illicit drug, and one sixth smoked cigarettes." Substance abuse...
Understanding teenagers is baffling subjects. Parents can testify that every day with their teens seems like a dice roll, if the dice were live explosives. But you don’t have to cross your fingers and hope for the best. The decisions that...
As much as parents would like to protect their children from all forms of harm, there is no foolproof way to make sure that children don't find their way in to trouble. Trouble can come in many forms, including being irresponsible with possessions...
A number of influences can increase the risk of drug abuse by an individual. These include influences that are present in the home environment and in the individual's peer and social group that may make it seem more acceptable to experiment with...
Factors that contribute to a person's propensity to abuse drugs include genetics, mental disorders or personality; however, environment plays an important role also in contributing to potential drug abuse. Childhood environment, peers at school...
Alcohol use by adolescents runs the spectrum from one-time experimentation to problematic use to full-blown alcoholism. Teens who find themselves repeatedly drinking to excess and getting in trouble with the law, at school or at home may require...
People generally experiment with drugs and alcohol during their teenage or young adult years. The positive feelings that drugs and alcohol can induce in a person make the person want to continue taking the substance. The continued intake of the...
According to the United States Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Programs, adolescents who abuse substances are at risk for a wide variety of issues that may interfere with their development. The physical, social and psychological effects...
While teens are using less heroin, they are using other opiates in increasing numbers. Especially alarming is teens' abuse of opiate painkillers such as OxyContin and Vicodin. While these drugs are medically beneficial when used as prescribed for...
The consequence of teen drug use, casual or otherwise, can be devastating. Teens are still maturing physically, emotionally and psychologically, which makes them even more susceptible than adults to the harm that drugs can cause. Although drug use...
