Teens Using Less Pot, More Pills
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 12/29/2008
Teen use of marijuana has leveled off and prescription drug abuse is on the rise.
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GPD Grant Helps Fight Teen Alcohol Abuse
Granby01033 (Free subscription) | 12/28/2008
Every time I hear a Granby citizen complain that we don’t receive enough grants, I think of the Granby Police Department, which has consistently applied for and received them. I don’t know if the video works, but the link is there. From WWLP (Channel 22, for you young folks):
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Thanks Dear Abby
U.S. Politics and the World (Free subscription) | 12/28/2008
Patriot 1958 posted a new topic: looks like Dear Abby will contribute greatly to this girl's possible teen pregnancy, drug abuse, and hell for a destination
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Latest MPAA Ratings #135
RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 12/17/2008
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Rated PG-13 For sexual content throughout, some language and a drug reference. Release Date: May 1, 2009 My Sister’s Keeper Rated PG-13 For mature thematic content, some disturbing images, sensuality, language and brief teen drinking. Release Date: June 26, 2009 You can always stay up-to-date on all the latest updates to our database right here.
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Downward Trend in Teen Marijuana Use Slows; Prescription Drug Abuse Remains High
Docuticker (Free subscription) | 12/14/2008
Downward Trend in Teen Marijuana Use Slows; Prescription Drug Abuse Remains High Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) There are signs that the ongoing decline in teen marijuana use in recent years has stalled; however the downward trend in cigarette and alcohol use continues, according to the 2008 Monitoring the Future (MTF) Survey. Results were [...]
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Downward Trend In Teen Marijuana Use Slows; Prescription Drug Abuse Remains High, USA
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
There are signs that the ongoing decline in teen marijuana use in recent years has stalled; however the downward trend in cigarette and alcohol use continues, according to the 2008 Monitoring the Future (MTF) Survey. Results were announced today at a news conference.
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Obama Requested 200,000 for Teen Challenge
Lloydletta's Nooz and Comments (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
A commenter points out that Barack Obama also proposed funding for that group of charlatans also known as Teen Challenge. Obama Requested $200,000 For The Teen Challenge Faith-Based Drug Abuse Treatment And Prevention Program In Illinois. In 2006, Obama requested $200,000 for the Teen Challenge, a faith-based drug abuse treatment and prevention program that operates statewide. After completion of the...
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DOWNWARD TREND IN TEEN MARIJUANA USE SLOWS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE REMAINS HIGH
PAXALLES (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Embargoed for Release: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 1:00 p.m. EST CONTACTS: Dorie Hightower or Stephanie Older, 301-443-6245, DOWNWARD TREND...
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Teens Charged for "Patronizing a Disorderly House"
Nobody's Business (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
What's most remarkable about this tale of teen drinking in Washington, Ill., is hardly the age of the revelers. Rather, it's the following five fucking follies that, taken together, constitute a full-fledged trip through the rabbit hole:1. "[Police chief] Kuchenbecker said all the teens inside the home were younger than age 21." Holy bat turd — teens who are younger than 21! That is serious!2. When...
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Using Science to Discourage Teen Drinking
AAAS News (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
AAAS "Science Inside" Project Suggests Insights on Brain Development Can Discourage Teen Drinking The holidays are a risky time for teen alcohol abuse, and the AAAS Science Inside Alcohol Project suggests using science to show youths how drinking can harm brain development.
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Teen Drinking and Driving
SchoolTube.com (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
Yo8ng teen says goodbye to her mother -maybe for the last time. Message and statistics on deaths by teenagers due to drinking and driving. Added by: jagonzalez@lfcisd.net Tags: teen drinking and driving teen deaths due to drunk driving Date: 0000-00-00
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Teen Drinking
SchoolTube.com (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
Still shots cartoon-like pictures depicting teens going to a party, drinking beer, laid up in hospital with alcohol poisoning; then, arrested for underage drinking. Message against teen drinking Added by: jagonzalez@lfcisd.net Tags: teen drinking alcohol poisoning underage drinking Date: 0000-00-00
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Reaching out to curb teen prescription drug abuse
News Channel 9: Local News (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
In the past month there have been several cases of teenagers selling and abusing prescription pills, inside their schools and out.
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Shocking Anti-Drug Abuse Ads - Barnardo's 'Break the Cycle' Campaign (VIDEO)
TREND HUNTER Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
(TrendHunter.com) In Barnardo’s latest campaign for children, ‘Break the Cycle,’ shockvertising is used as a way to raise drug abuse awareness. The ‘Break the Cycle’ ad depicts a teen girl in the following order: trying…
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North Kingstown mother who lost son in crash is fighting teen drinking
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
NORTH KINGSTOWN — A cross on Frenchtown Road marks the spot where Jeffrey Monica died. After drinking a few beers, the 19-year-old took a curve at 100 miles an hour and smashed into a telephone pole. A second shrine dominates the Monica living room, in a two-story house tucked away on a quiet street. Jeff’s soccer jersey, framed, blocks the brick fireplace. A signed soccer ball rests on the hearth....
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Reuters newsperson Maggie Fox and Editor Peter Cooney SHILLs for the wine industry
atn | 09/25/2008
Why do you guys keep promoting wine as beneficial to one's health? It's always something other than the alcohol that helps...I can only deduce that you are wine industry shills...thanks alot! We have enough drunk arseholes in America and we have this terrible teen drinking epidemic...you're sending the wrong message... WHO do you work for? I am preparing a news release and I'll drag your arses all...
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Not only do they shill for the alcohol industry, they shill for global pharmaceuticals ('Big Pharma'). Reuters reporters like Fox promote every 'latest...
en - (not a member) - 09/30/2008