Approximately one in five U.S. schools has instituted mandatory student drug testing programs, but research suggests that these programs are not effective at reducing teenage drug abuse. Furthermore, regular testing of a reasonably-sized group of students can be expensive, and many critics feel that it is not a good use of limited school funding.
A new British study confirms that problem drinking is more common among lesbian and bisexual women than among their heterosexual counterparts. But confounding all expectations, the same research project also discovered that women’s rates of alcoholism are relatively unaffected by sexual preference. In other words, even though lesbian and bisexual women drink more, they don’t…
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New findings from a team of Dutch and British researchers point to the usefulness of a personality-based alcohol intervention as a method of curbing long-term rates of binge drinking in teenagers.
“I need help.” They’re three simple words that roll off your tongue when beckoning a salesperson, calling a towing service, or if, God forbid, you’ve fallen and you can’t get up.
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“Let’s face it. I f**ked them all. That’s what I do. That’s why I went to beauty school…I go into that shop and they’re so great-looking. I do their hair. They feel and smell great. I’d be on the street…at a stoplight, or go into an elevator. There’s…a beautiful girl. That’s it. It makes my…
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New findings from a team of Israeli and French researchers indicate the interaction of gender and sexual orientation can have a considerable influence on the odds that a person will develop the symptoms of sex addiction.
Recent findings from a team of American researchers point to steeply increased alcohol addiction risks in teenagers who combine alcohol with energy drinks.
In troubling news out of Tennessee, two teenage boys have died after consuming a concoction of Mountain Dew and racing fuel known as “dewshine,” while two other youths got sick after ingesting the poisonous substance.
Teenagers who use e-cigarettes are three times more likely to start smoking tobacco cigarettes within a year than those who do not use the electronic devices, new research at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center has found. And that might be the best-case scenario.
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Infidelity can take many forms with the one unifying characteristic being that it includes deception and betrayal of trust. If you keep something important and related to finances from your partner and it threatens his trust in you, then you are committing an infidelity. It may be a financial rather than a sexual infidelity, but…
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