Up in Smoke: Marijuana Use Rising Among American Teens

Published January 12, 2014

Up in smoke: marijuana use rising among American teens
Not that it wasn't predictable, but the federal government, fueled by new Monitoring the Future data collected by the University of Michigan on behalf of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), is reporting a rise in the illicit use of marijuana …
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Teen substance use fight goes on
"Sometimes people might think, 'Well, marijuana is the lesser of the evils,'" West Van for Youth's coordinator Tiffany Schwieterman said, but any drug use can impact a child or teen's brain development, she added. The group's steering committee is …
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Governor unveils statewide drug intervention plan at Finneytown High School
The Start Talking initiative includes $ 1 million in grant money for schools and nonprofits to strengthen their efforts to encourage prevention. The program is aimed at looking at ways to reduce the liklihood of drug use among teens before it begins by …
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Prescription Drug Abuse – This video shows the statistics showing the rapid increase of prescription drug abuse among teenagers today. I made this video as part of my health project f…