Alcohol and Drugs

Teen Sports = Teen Drinking, Teen Violence?

ABC News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

Young men who participate in team sports may be more likely to fight and drink.

Video: MADD Launches Program To Help Parents Influence Teen Alcohol Behavior

Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Campaign Launches To Sound Alarm About The Misuse Of Prescription Drugs Among Teens

Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

The National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE), along with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and representatives from 15 nationally recognized prevention, health professional and child advocacy organizations, are launching Maximizing Your Role as a Teen Influencer: What You Can Do to Help Prevent Teen Prescription Drug Abuse.

Campaign Launches to Sound Alarm about the Misuse of Prescription Drugs Among Teens

Newswise (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

The National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE), along with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and representatives from 15 nationally recognized prevention, health professional and child advocacy organizations, are launching Maximizing Your Role as a Teen Influencer: What You Can Do to Help Prevent Teen Prescription Drug Abuse.

Reflections on Throwaway Children and Teens

TraderFeed (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009

I was shocked, but didn't think too much of it at the time. It was a story relayed by a neighbor about a local family. Having lost a job, the father announced to his teen-age child that he could no longer care for her. She went to live with a relative, but the arrangement is tenuous. If that falls through, it's not clear where the young girl would go. It's also not clear how she would support herself...

The Health Effects of Teen Alcohol Use

feminist blogs (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009

I have been thinking a lot this morning about the damage inflicted upon my husband by his father. Primarily, the alcoholic damage - because there is a lot of damage I could talk about. It seems to be never-ending.If you cause an accident which causes b...

Video: MADD Launches Program To Help Parents Influence Teen Alcohol Behavior

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009

DALLAS and COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Nationwide Insurance launched "The Power of Parents, It's Your Influence by MADD(TM)" today to give parents of high school students the communication tools they need to stop teen alcohol use. The program features resources at thepowerofparents.org. A GfK Roper Youth Report showed 74% of kids (age 8-17)...

Amnesia Teen's Dad Says This Isn't The First Time

Gothamist (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009

Kacie Peterson Over the weekend, officials announced that they had identified the teenager who was found wandering in Times Square with near-total amnesia. She is 18-year-old Kacie Aleece Peterson of Hansville, Washington, who was first reported missing on October 2nd. But detectives in Washington found bank activity and other evidence that she was alive and getting by, so they did not issue an Amber...

Judge's son pleads no contest in Fallon teen sex case

Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009

The 19-year-old son of a Fallon judge pleaded no contest this morning to a charge related to having sex with a severely intoxicated 15-year-old girl at a teen drinking party hosted by a local softball coach, who was also prosecuted in the case.

Kitsap Sun: Manslaughter charges filed in teen's alcohol death

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009

A Kitsap County man has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in connection with the alcohol overdose death of a 15-year-old girl in April, according to the Kitsap Sun.

Teen alcohol crackdown 'success'

BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009

Thousands of teenagers had a total of 5,171 litres of alcohol confiscated in a summer crackdown on binge drinking.

Phoenix takes unique approach to teen drug abuse

News Channel 9: Local News (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009

Teens raiding their parents' medicine cabinets for doctor-prescribed drugs is a nationwide problem, but unlike other communities, Phoenix has taken a unique approach to help parents find out if their...

Stripper-pole host guilty

Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - A man accused of hosting a teen drinking party last December in which students danced at a stripper pole has pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor charges.

Follow up to Parents the Anti Drug.com

Portage County Alliance for Youth (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

Dr. Drew Pinsky - or Dr. Drew, as he is known as host of Celebrity Rehab on VH1 - recently joined the Drug Czar, Office of National Drug Control Policy Director R. Gil Kerlikowske, to answer questions from reporters and bloggers on parenting and teen prescription drug abuse. During the online chat, Dr. Drew and Director Kerlikowske shared their expertise on drug prevention, ways to handle teen pressures,...

Parents: The Anti Drug: Teen Prescription Drugs

Portage County Alliance for Youth (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009

Go to : Parents the Anti Drug.com for more information What can you do? Follow these tips to help reduce the risk of teen prescription drug abuse: 1. Safeguard all drugs at home. Monitor quantities and control access. 2. Set clear rules for teens about all drug use, including not sharing medicine and always following the medical provider's advice and dosages. 3. Be a good role model by following these...

Teen Substance Abuse Treatment program

jenx8c | 09/25/2009

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Problems Associated With Teen Alcohol Abuse In Pennsylvania

craigrom | 08/02/2009

Adolescent alcohol abuse is so bad that sounds, but statistics and studies show that the special status of adolescent alcohol abuse is much worse in Pennsylvania than in other states. That is primarily because Pennsylvania is not the issue of alcoh...

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...