Over time, drugs, including alcohol, will alter your body. As the brain adjusts its chemical and hormonal production to combat the foreign elements brought into the body, it eventually leaves a mark on how the brain functions, thinks, and acts. …
When consuming alcohol, you likely notice some of the physical and short-term emotional effects it has on your body. These effects leave the system relatively quickly, but the more you drink, the more likely you are to develop long-term emotional …
Many people consider alcohol a “safe” drug. Even so, it can produce many long and short-term health changes from the effects of alcohol on the body. Learn to recognize the physical effects of alcohol and identify when it is time …
Underage drinking is a widespread phenomenon that leads to thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of injuries in the U.S. each year. For these and other reasons, public health officials place a heavy emphasis on decreasing the number of …
College students, and even high school students, sometimes abuse Adderall in order to benefit from its stimulating effects. Some students use it in order to spend a late night studying, but there’s another recreational use of Adderall that is gaining …
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Non-alcoholic beer might sound like a godsend — it has the look and smell of beer, and no alcohol equals no worries, right? But is there alcohol in non-alcoholic beer? And, how might that impact a teenager in recovery?
There are multiple teenage drunk driving organizations throughout the U.S. and around the world. Many of the activists working with these organizations have lost sons, daughters, siblings and friends in tragic accidents and are devoted to campaigning to prevent another …
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Immigrating to the U.S. is the dream of many people throughout the Hispanic world, but once arrived, immigrants often struggle. Hispanic immigrants, especially young people, face a lot of pressures and difficulties in this country. For adolescents, the pressure of …
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Ask any high school teacher or guidance counselor about underage drinking and you’ll discover that the underage drinking statistics can be pretty disturbing. Parents may be quick to point out good grades or sports performance as evidence of “not my …
A teen’s decision to participate in illegal, underage drinking is not a simple one, although it may seem like it at the time. There are several factors that go into making that choice, including family history, academic pressure, learned coping …