Trump Fired the Team Tracking Teen Addiction PUNK ROCK CRACK – July 28, 2026 - There was some uncertainty about the future of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health last year, when the entire 17-member team responsible for it was laid off by the Trump admin... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 04 2026Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionteenagers
Psychologists Say Parents to Blame for Gen Z Failures And TikToc? – July 20, 2026 - The generation known for heightened anxiety, rigorous standards, hatred for happy hours and a deep love of vaping is holding family responsible for a slew of critical issues — including ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneFacebookJuly 28 2026life expectancylonelinessMental HealthSmartphone AddictionteenagersTikTokTraumaVaping
Shocking Ban for People Under 16 Is a Mess HOPELESS? – June 18, 2026 - More interesting are the ideological and sociological reasons why the ban may have unintended negative consequences. There are fears that if young people can’t manage to get on places like... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetJune 23 2026Smartphone Addictionteenagers
Addressing Youth Addiction & Recovery with Dr. John Kelly VIDEO – WATCH and LEARN – June 10, 2026 - What does the latest science say about youth substance use prevention, adolescent treatment, recovery support services and the future of addiction recovery? In this episode, ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionJune 16 2026teenagers
Britain to Ban Youth from TikTok, YouTube and Other Social Media… FAT CHANCE – June 15, 2026 - Britain will ban children under 16 from using a range of social media apps including Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube to protect young people from harmful content and excessive screen time. “... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetJune 16 2026Mental HealthSmartphone Addictionteenagers
Meta and Google Denied New Trial in Youth Addiction Lawsuit COMPLICATED – June 10, 2026 - Motions filed by Meta Platforms and Alphabet’s Google requesting a new trial have been denied by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl, who upheld a jury’s findings that both com... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneFacebookinternetJune 16 2026Smartphone Addictionteenagers
Parallels Between Marketing Cigarettes and Ultra Processed Foods To Children GREED WINS – June 3, 2026 - The American Journal of Public Health focuses on ultra-processed foods, and reveals that big tobacco companies used strategies that helped them sell cigarettes to sell ultra-processed food... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediadiet sodaEating Disorderfood addictionJune 09 2026teenagers
Four Ways Pot Rewires Teenagers’ Brains ONE HIT AT A TIME – May 18, 2026 - Accumulating research on cannabis use among teenagers suggests it may alter their brain’s structure in measurable ways. Findings reported in June 2021 in JAMA Psychiatry suggest tha... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediamarijuanaMay 26 2026teenagersweed
Teen Depression Linked To Higher Substance Use Rates AND NEVER ENDING WAR! – May 13, 2026 - Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. adolescents experienced depression between 2021 and 2023, and those teens were significantly more likely to use substances such as alcohol, marijuana and opio... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 19 2026Mental Healthteenagers
New Mexico Has the Biggest Drug Problems — and Its Teens are Most Addicted UNWANTED 1st PLACE FINISH – May 16, 2026 - Arkansas ranked second overall, with concerns centered around youth exposure to drugs, limited access to support services and a high number of opioid prescriptions. Alaska w... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 19 2026teenagers
Nicotine Pouches Targeting Youth Helps Sales Surge VERY WOKE – May 15, 2026 - Nicotine pouches are small sachets placed between the gum and lip that release nicotine through the lining of the mouth. They typically contain nicotine, flavourings, sweeteners and other a... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCancerDrug Abuse and AddictionMay 19 2026nicotineteenagers
Lawyers Deliver Closing Arguments in Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial Face BOOKED – Mar. 12, 2026 - After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, 12 jurors are listening to closing arguments before decid... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetMar 17 2026Mental HealthSmartphone AddictionteenagersTikTok
‘RHOSLC’ star Mary Cosby shares heartbreaking tribute to son Robert Jr. days after confirming his death TOO DAMM SAD – Feb. 28, 2026 - The “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star wrote on Instagram Friday night. Mary included an image of herself and a young Robert Jr., set to the song “Time After Time” by Jes... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyCompassionMar 10 2026teenagersTrauma
Combating Rising Drug Addiction Among Youngsters NOT GOOD – Dec. 12, 2025 - The teen brain isn’t fully baked yet. That prefrontal cortex, which handles choices and brakes on impulses, develops until age 25. Drugs hijack this wiring, making highs feel urgent and dan... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDec 16 2025Drug Abuse and Addictionteenagers
Millions of children and teens face Social Media Ban ABOUT TIME – December 9, 2025 - Australia has enacted a world-first ban on social media for users aged under 16, causing millions of children and teenagers to lose access to their accounts. Facebook, Instagram, Th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 16 2025internetSmartphone Addictionteenagers
Children With Phones at 12 Risk Serious Health Problems BRAIN DISTORTIONS? – Dec. 1, 2025 - The study published Monday in the peer-reviewed journal Pediatrics found that owning a smartphone during early adolescence is associated with increased risks of mental health issue... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 09 2025internetinterventionMental HealthSmartphone Addictionteenagers
Lawsuit Says Social Media Giants Knew They Harmed Teen’s Mental Health MAKES MARLBORO LOOK JUDICIOUS – Nov. 26, 2025 - Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat know exactly how addictive their platforms can be to teens. And they continue to target teen users anyway. “IG (Instagram) is a drug ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneDec 02 2025internetMental HealthSmartphone AddictionteenagersTikTok
Antidepressant with Side Effects Given to Millions of Children is ‘no better than a placebo’ PROZAC FLUOXETINE POISON? – Nov. 22, 2025 - A medication meant to lift spirits may be falling flat. An antidepressant commonly prescribed to children and teens may not be as effective as once thought. Now... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressionDrug Abuse and AddictionNov 25 2025teenagers
Saving Teens from Addiction, Vaping, and Social Media Dangers AUDIO – THEY ARE OUR FUTURE – PODCAST - On this episode of the WGNS Rutherford Issues Podcast, Scott Walker fills in for Bryan Barrett to discuss the Steered Straight program with guest Jennifer Sanchez. Together, th... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 14 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabteenagers
Cannabis Poisonings Rising Among Kids NON-EDIBLES – Aug. 10, 2025 - As products like weed gummies proliferate, more children and teens are suffering symptoms including seizures and life-threatening breathing problems. Amy recalled hyperventilating that s... Read More...Addiction RecoveryDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanapotSept 02 2025teenagersweed
What My Daughter Told ChatGPT Before She Took Her Life SAD TRUTHS – Aug. 17, 2025 - Sophie was hilarious and it was almost never at someone else’s expense. She had the alchemical ability to make people laugh while building them up. It’s so difficult in this world to be a... Read More...Addiction RecoveryAug 26 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetSmartphone AddictionsuicideteenagersTrauma
Advocates for Recovery High School Vow To Push On AUDIO – REAL AMERICANS – Aug. 18, 2025 - State financial woes have sidetracked the effort to open a recovery high school for students battling addiction. But organizers say they’re not giving up. Mike and Marianne Dy... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAug 26 2025RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehabteenagers
Why Amish Kids Almost Never Get Allergies VIDEO – HEALTH IS WEALTH – July 25, 2025 - Amish children showed extremely low allergy and asthma rates. This finding suggested that genetics isn’t the answer. Something else is at play here. So the researchers... Read More...Aug 05 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and Medialife expectancyteenagers
1 in 7 Teens Has Mental Health Disorder KINDNESS MATTERS – July 25, 2025 - According to the World Health Organisation, 1 in 7 young people aged 10–19 is living with a mental health disorder. That’s a stat that safeguarding specialist Steven Britton finds d... Read More...Aug 05 2025Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental Healthteenagers
America’s Largest Recovery High School VIDEO – WITHOUT THE HIGH – July 15, 2025 - The morning bell gives way to a different kind of assembly for the first day of school. The students, most of whom have histories with substance abuse, huddle on the steps o... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaJuly 22 2025RecoveryRecovery Advocateteenagers
Gen Z’s Sex Recession OH MY – July 16, 2025 - For her new book, journalist Carter Sherman interviewed over 100 young people about why they’re not having sex. She says they’re “very horny” but also more isolated, self-conscious, and fearfu... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJuly 22 2025Sexual Addictionteenagers
Teens With ‘addictive’ Screen Habits More Likely to Be Suicidal DEADLY SERIOUS – June 19, 2025 - JAMA Network looked at data from over 4,000 children starting at 9 or 10 years old. The study followed these children for years and found that, by the age of 14: Around a third of ... Read More...Addiction Recoverycell phoneinternetJuly 08 2025Smartphone Addictionsuicideteenagers
Trump Regime to SHUT DOWN LGBTQ Youth Suicide Hotline NOT SURPRISED? – June 18, 2025 - The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline will no longer use its LGBTQ youth service line starting July 17. Trevor Project CEO Jaymes Black called the decision “devastating,” adding, “Sui... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionJuly 01 2025suicideteenagers
Addictive Teen Screen Use Linked to Suicide Risk NO MORE NATURE? – June 18, 2025 - This study demonstrated that the total amount of time spent on social media, mobile phones and video games was not associated with future suicide-related or mental health outco... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetJuly 01 2025Smartphone Addictionteenagers
Doctors’ Warning About ‘insidious’ Social Media Trend Damaging Teen Girls ONLY SKIN DEEP? – June 9, 2925 - “As she’s applying the products, she begins to express discomfort and burning, and in the final few minutes, she develops a visible skin reaction,” said senior study author Dr. ... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetJune 17 2025Smartphone Addictionteenagers