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Talk to Your Child About Alcohol
INTRODUCTION With so many drugs available to young people these days, you may wonder, “Why develop a booklet about ...
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Talking to Your Child About Drugs
Just as you inoculate your kids against illnesses like measles, you can help "immunize" them against drug use by giving ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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Start Talking Before They Start Drinking: Activities to Facilitate Communication
Play Reporter Use these questions to interview your child and then let your child interview you.Let your child’s ...
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Teen Alcohol Use
Experimenting is a normal part of adolescenceExperimenting is a normal part of adolescence, but when it involves risky ...
Source: OneToughJob
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Talking To Teens About Tobacco Use
What’s It All About?Cigarette smoking rates among Washington teens in 2002 dropped to their lowest level in the ...
Source: Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
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Alcohol and Sexual Risk Taking: What Parents Need to Know
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and not necessarily those of Advocates for ...
Source: Advocates For Youth
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Preventing Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse
Children whose parents talk to them about the dangers of drug abuse are half as likely to abuse drugs. It is important ...
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What do Your Children Know, or Think They Know?
You may now be well-versed in the dangers of abusing prescription pain medicine, but are your children? Of course, the ...
Source: the.Medic
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Inhalant Abuse FAQ
What is Inhalant Abuse? Inhalant Abuse is the deliberate inhalation by “sniffing” or ...
Source: Inhalant.org
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Teens and Illicit Drugs
Adolescence is a time of important physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development. Learning how to solve ...
Source: Palo Alto Medical Foundation
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How to Talk to Your Teen About Drinking
You know teens drink. You've seen the surveys. You may even know that your own teen has experimented with alcohol. But ...
Source: Education.com
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Coping with Violence, Crime, Alcohol, and Drug Abuse
Unfortunately, violence, crime, alcohol and drug use, and various other forms of abuse are an integral part of our ...
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Celebrate Red Ribbon Week for a Drug Free America
Adapt this: Red Ribbon Week is the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the country. Although the start ...
Source: Education.com
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How to Talk to Teens About Dangerous Hookah (Water Pipe) Smoking
What is Hookah?Hookah - also called narghile, shisha, goza, and hubbly-bubbly is a water pipe used to smoke specially ...
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Report Says Young Females Follow Unique Substance Abuse Path
Differences between the sexes is an age-old topic. Yet, when it comes to alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use, a ...
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Teens and Prescription Drugs: An Analysis of Recent Trends on the Emerging Drug Threat
A number of national studies and published reports indicate that the intentional abuse of prescription drugs, such as ...
Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
Additional Content
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Tobacco and Youth Toolkit
By experimenting with tobacco, young people place themselves at risk for nicotine addiction. Nicotine is a highly...
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Use of Painkillers Among Teens on the Rise
The latest threat in teen drug use may be lurking in your medicine cabinet. Young people's abuse of prescription drugs...
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A Snapshot of Annual High-Risk College Drinking Consequences
The consequences of excessive and underage drinking affect virtually all college campuses, college communities, and...
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Prom Anxiety
Expectations about high school prom night often bring anxiety for both parents and teens. Teens worry about finding a...
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The Facts About Youth and Alcohol
Alcohol Use Is Widespread Among Today’s Teenagers Nearly 70% of 8th graders perceive alcoholic beverages as...
