teenagers

What Teen In Recovery Wants You To Know

LISTEN UP – Oct. 29, 2024 - In my sophomore year, I was attending a relatively large alternative high school…

3 weeks ago

17 Students Treated at Middle School in Studio City Over ‘Possible Overdoses’

VIDEO – SHARING – Oct. 17, 2024 - As she stood outside her school, sixth-grader Ariana Arcos was near tears,…

1 month ago

Teen Smoking Drops to Lowest Level in 25 Years

TEENAGE SAFELAND – Oct. 17, 2024 - There was a 20% drop in the estimated number of middle and high…

1 month ago

Sober in College: Moving Past Teenage Alcoholism

VERY SMART – Oct. 9, 2024 - My first year of college. Frat party. I was standing against a wall,…

1 month ago

States Sue TikTok For Harming Youth’s Brains

GET IN LINE – Oct. 8, 2024 - More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia filed lawsuits…

1 month ago

Drug Overdoses Leading Cause of Death in Teens

VIDEO – TEENAGE WASTELAND –                              …

2 months ago

‘You can still have fun at festival while sober’

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT –   July 27, 2024 - Young people are increasingly choosing not to drink alcohol, according…

4 months ago

Acne Medication Set Off Rare Chain Reaction That Killed

DRUGS ARE DANGEROUS –   July 17, 2024 - Izzy McKinney was a healthy teenager who wrote poetry, played the…

4 months ago

Watching HBO’s ‘Teen Torture, Inc.

REVOLTING –   July 16, 2024 - “Teen Torture, Inc.” is the latest documentary aimed at exposing alleged abuses within…

4 months ago

Kids Struggling With Screen Addiction

GEN THUMB? –   July 11, 2024 - Like many teens his age, KJ became consumed by watching TikTok, YouTube,…

4 months ago

45 States Hammer Zuckerberg Over Child Endangerment

THE LOST GENERATION –   June 22, 2024 - As one example of Zuckerberg’s decision-making, executive David Ginsberg told him…

5 months ago

How Internet Addiction Affects Your Teen’s Brain

NOT IN A GOOD WAY –   June 5, 2024 - A new study has possibly captured that objectively, finding…

6 months ago

Sheriff: Florida Police Officer Gave Teens Drugs & Alcohol – Filmed Them Nude

ONE ROTTEN APPLE? –   May 29, 2024  - Markanthony Fernandez, 24, a Bartow Police Department officer, was arrested Tuesday…

6 months ago

Reality of Teens and Weed

IT REALLY AIN’T THE SAME –   May 11, 2024 - Frequency of use was another risk factor for psychosis,…

7 months ago

1400 Clinicians on What’s Driving Youth Mental Health Crisis

iPHONES OR TIKTOK –   April 10, 2024 - Many clinicians who work with young patients with mental health issues…

7 months ago

Time to Fight Digital Addiction in Kids

OR IS IT TOO LATE? –   March 30, 2024 - American kids are experiencing an unprecedented mental health crisis…

8 months ago

Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up

WHY BOTHER? – Feb. 27, 2024 - Shrier’s new book Bad Therapy, an astute and impassioned analysis of the mental-health…

8 months ago

Kids Sniffing This Pantry Staple to Get High

IT’S NOT GLUE –   March 19, 2024 - The woman, who goes by the name Lakeview Living on TikTok,…

8 months ago

Kids’ Phone-Based Existence InHuman

CHILDHOOD CANCELED – March 21, 2024 - “Suppose that when your first child turned ten, a visionary billionaire whom you’ve…

8 months ago

Lured In: Understanding and Overcoming Gambling Addiction in Youth

IT’S A LONG SHOT –   Feb. 26, 2024 - “Sports betting used to be taboo, now it’s openly promoted…

9 months ago

Treatment For Teens Inacce$$ible As Opioid Deaths Rise

VIDEO – WHY? –   Feb. 9, 2023 - “People are desperate,” said Pattie Vargas, a California mother who took…

9 months ago

Lots of Young People on Lots of Psychiatric Drugs

THEY’RE CUSTOMERS FIRST AND FOREMOST – Feb. 16, 2024 - Growing numbers of children and adolescents are being prescribed multiple…

9 months ago

Kids Overdose! Can Pediatricians Help?

MALPRACTICE? –   Feb. 17, 2024 - Pediatricians responded to the survey by saying they don’t have enough patients to…

9 months ago

Kids Don’t Get Science-Backed Drug Prevention

IS SCIENCE TOO WOKE? –   Jan. 11, 2024 - As science teacher Zach Lazar looks out across his classroom…

10 months ago

How to Discipline an In-School Overdose? You Don’t

AUDIO – GET THEM HELP! –   Dec. 15, 2023 - Perched above a major highway in central Los Angeles…

11 months ago

Cannabis Use Eschewed By Younger Teens

GAMING INSTEAD? –   Nov. 10, 2023 - In 2021, 52 million people aged 12 and older in the US…

1 year ago

Some Children So Addicted They Have to Sleep With Vapes Under Pillow

ADDICTIVE ANY WAY YOU TAKE IT – Nov. 1, 2023 - In September, VicHealth and Quit released research revealing e-cigarette…

1 year ago

Officials Link Mental Health Issues to Teens Social Media’s Lure

SELFIE STICKS TOO –   Oct. 11, 2023 - Convinced social media platforms are fueling a mental health crisis among…

1 year ago

Lawmakers Searching for Answers. Why is Fentanyl Killing Kids?

LOOK WITHIN SOCIETY –   Aug. 30, 2023 - Mississippi enacted a bill in March mandating a media campaign aimed…

1 year ago

School sues Facebook, TikTok, other Social Media Owners for Addictive Products

AUDIO – TECK NECK FOREVER – Aug. 25, 2023 - The social media “addiction” has led to the district to…

1 year ago