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Love is Greater Than Hate: The Ultimate Strategy to End Bullying – Adolescent...
Adolescent Symposium “Love is Greater Than Hate: The Ultimate Strategy to End Bullying” Keynote Speaker: Brooks Gibbs Thursday, April 26, 2012 Where: Garland ISD Special Event Center – Garland, TX...
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Links Between Impulsivity and Smoking in Teens and Young Adults
Impulsivity is a term that psychologists and psychiatrists use to describe a tendency to act without thinking or regard for the consequences of one’s behavior. All humans naturally have impulses, but...
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Benefits of Stress Management for Preteens and Teens
Stress is a natural reaction to any situation or circumstance that seriously challenges a person’s sense of well-being or security. While this reaction once played (and in some respects, still plays) a...
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Differences Between Adult and Teen Alcohol Abuse
Alcohol abuse and alcoholism, known collectively as alcohol use disorders or AUD, are potential consequences of excessive consumption of beer, wine, malt liquor, distilled liquor or a variety of other...
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Survey Shows Widespread Adolescent Rx Abuse
Parents of teens today may have more to worry about than finding a marijuana joint in their son or daughter’s back pocket. The U.S. prescription drug epidemic is filtering down to young adults, with...
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Hispanic Teen Drug Use Increasing at Alarming Rate – Study
Since 90 percent of addictions start in the teenage years, the results from a new study by The Partnership at Drugfree.org showing a dramatic and alarming increase in drug and alcohol use among...
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Sweet-Flavored Little Cigar Sales Booming Among Youth
They taste like candy, the sweet and fruit-flavored little cigars, they look like cigarettes, and are as addicting as cigarettes – and young people are flocking to them in droves. A study from the...
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Early Teen Substance Abuse May Lead to Addiction
Studies have shown that the earlier in life someone uses drugs, the more likely they are to develop an addiction. As parents, being able to recognize the telltale signs of substance abuse in our...
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Many Teens Need Substance Abuse Rehab, Few Get It
According to an extensive 2008 study, teens ages 12 to 17 showed the highest percent of drug use with just over 60 percent surveyed saying they had a dependence issue with an illicit drug. The 18 to 25...
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6 Reasons Why Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Good for Every American
Saturday, Sept. 26, marks the 10th anniversary of “National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day,” an annual initiative organized by the Drug Enforcement Agency to curb America’s prescription drug abuse...
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