GDL legislation was first developed in the 1990s, and Florida is credited with the first formal program in the United States (41). The drastic reduction in injuries for teens is likely because GDL laws eliminate multiple risk factors, such as number of passengers in a given vehicle, driving ...
Depression and anxiety are particularly common problems, with an estimated 350 million people worldwide affected by depression. Sixty million of that population is estimated to be children and adolescents. Additionally, suicide is among the leading causes of death, particularly among teens and young ...
Although the term “youth” is loosely defined across various literature and policy making, most researchers and practitioners agree that initiation into drug use typically occurs in the late teens but can occur at much younger or older ages [9]. The age that someone first uses drugs can have...
Experts and school leaders have labeled it an “epidemic,” and studies have found that it is easy to access, targeted toward teens, and highly addictive. In FCPS, one-third of middle and high school students reported alcohol and drug usage for the 2019-20 school year. The drug-free ...
__12__ Your panic, anxiety and blame contribute to your teen's pressure. Make your teen feel accepted and valued for her efforts. Most importantly, reassure(安慰) your teen that things will be all right, no matter what the results are. A. Exam stress can make some teens lo...
In the 1970s, politicians justified drug-war expansion by conflating marijuana and heroin to make the crisis seem universal, because only a few cities had major heroin markets but parents everywhere were worried about teens smoking pot and moving on to harder...
whether drugs are good or bad. Psychedelics open you up, heroin shuts you down. But I dropped acid roughly 300 times in my late teens and early twenties. I shot heroin about 30-40 times. Why do l assume that heroin is addictive and LSD is pure sunshine?
Malcolmson said stigma prevents people from getting help with addictions and shame pushes many to hide their addiction and use drugs alone. That means they risk dying alone. “Addiction is not a criminal justice problem. It’s a health-care problem,” Malcolmson said. ...
As long as we continue to see marijuana as the problem rather than a potential solution, children will always be confused and impressionable teens will continue to fall prey to tobacco, alcohol and other hard drugs. Let’s get real about cannabis; let’s educate the youth about it and eve...
Fewer teens are trying fake marijuana known by such names as K2 and Spice, apparently getting the message that these cheap new drugs are highly dangerous, according to the government's annual survey on drug use.