teenagers

California Parents Could Sue For Social Media Addiction

GOOD LUCK –  May 24, 2022 - Business groups have warned that if the bill passes, social media companies would…

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Cannabis Edibles Risk Kid’s Safety

ADULTS ONLY! –   May 26, 2022 -  Major food companies including PepsiCo, General Mills and Kellogg’s recently urged U.S.…

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End Teen Drug Addiction

A BROTHER’S LAMENT –  May 18, 2022 - He was addicted to opioids and many other drugs at the time,…

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High School Students Tell How The Pandemic Changed Them

OUT OF DIFFICULTY COMES GROWTH –   May 14, 2022 - When school went online, Ruby, then a freshman, was…

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Family Grieving After 15-year-old girl Dies

VIDEO – HER FUTURE IS OVER –  May 12, 2022 - A small-town South Carolina family found their daughter dead…

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How to Talk to Kids about Drugs

VIDEO – EARLY AND OFTEN –  April 28, 2022 - “You have to have a very direct conversation,” she said.…

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Addiction Recovery High School MIGHT Open

VIDEO – WHAT GOOD? –  April 26, 2022 - “This school keeps those students separate from the general education students,…

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‘It’s Life or Death’: The Mental Health Crisis For U.S. Teens

VIDEO – The X-GENERATION –  April 23, 2022 - American adolescence is undergoing a drastic change. Three decades ago, the…

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Family Suing Social Media over Son’s Suicide

VIDEO ONLY – EVIL ON THE SMALL SCREEN –   April 27, 2022 -  “When we found him, his phone…

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Multiple Middle School Students Possibly Overdose

MIDNIGHT IN AMERICA? –  April 22, 2022 - A source told Mid-Hudson News that the students were reported to be…

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Substance Abuse Addressed At Spoon River College

VIDEO – SHARE ’TIL IT HURTS –  April 13, 2022 - “These kids are struggling,” Ryan said. “Depression, thinking of…

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Teen Deaths Rose Sharply From Fentanyl-Laced Pills

NPR TELLS THE STORY –  April 12, 2022 - “So many of our young people are so busy being taught…

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Instagram and Snapchat Addiction Allegedly Led to 17-Year-Old Boy’s Suicide

MEDIA OVERDOSE DEATH –   April 12, 2022 - The suit, shared with Gizmodo and filed on behalf of Wisconsin…

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Addiction in Euphoria

EUPHORIA IN ADDICTION –  April 5, 2022 - But that’s not to say that the show’s creators aren’t providing a…

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Teens Talk Social Media and Body Image

A REFLECTION OF THE TIMES –   Mar. 31, 2022 - As we regularly do when The Times writes about…

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Why is There Mental-Health Crisis Among American Children?

SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN –  Mar. 23, 2022 - Last June, researchers from Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of…

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House Full Of Children Under 8 Treated For Overdosing

VIDEO – NOT THRILL PILLS –   March 23, 2022 - “They were left unsupervised for a short period of…

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4-Month-Old Shot to Death By 14 Year Old

NO GUN CONTROL IN AMERICA –  March 16, 2022 - The department’s Metropolitan Special Crimes Unit took the teen into…

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TikTok Leaves Teens Thinking They Have Mental Illness

CRAZY –  Dec. 26, 2021 - “We have to convince these kids to release their self-diagnoses but when they leave…

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Biden Blames Social Media For ‘Mental Health Crisis’

ALGORITHMS ARE THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL –   Mar. 1, 2022 - Biden wants to “stop discriminatory algorithmic decision-making…

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If Only I Had ‘Euphoria’ During Height of My Drug Addiction

VIDEO – THIS IS NOW –  Feb. 28, 2022 - It’s making addicts and the people who love them feel…

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Euphoria Holds Up Mirror to My Addiction Experience. This show quite literally saves me. By Natalie Alcala

IS HOLLYWOOD, AGAIN, GLAMORIZING DRUG ABUSE IN EUPHORIA? OR IS IT TRUTH TELLING? –   Feb 21, 2022 - TV…

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Teen Girls With Eating Disorders Doubled During Pandemic

IF FOOD BE THE MUSIC OF LIFE –  Feb. 25, 2022 - Covid-19 remained the predominant reason for ER visits…

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Snapchat Promises New Rules to Fight Drug Sales

IT’S ABOUT TIME –   Feb. 24, 2022 - Snapchat says it’s making changes to make it harder for kids…

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Middle-school Child Falls Prey to Fatal Fentanyl

VIDEO – AMERICAN NIGHTMARE –   Feb. 18, 2022 - But about a year and a half ago, the middle…

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Teen Substance Abuse Trends

VIDEO – MORE PREVENTION FOR TEEN USE –   Feb. 8, 2022 - Scholz joined us to talk more about…

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Mom Says 17-Year-old Son Was Denied Treatment For His Drug Addiction

VIDEO – KEEP TRYING AND STAY ALIVE –   Feb. 8, 2022 - Benton says she was stunned when her…

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‘Euphoria’ Finally Shows Dark Reality Addiction

VIDEO – NOT A NETWORK PROGRAM –  Feb. 8, 2022 - “You’re not a good person, Rue,” her mother Leslie…

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‘I was teen alcoholic – it put me in hospital 15 times’

ALIVE AND WELL –   Jan. 24, 2022 - A woman who battled alcoholism as a teen has revealed her…

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700,000 US Teens Navigate School Without Family Support or Permanent Housing

EDUCATION IS NOW A LUXURY ITEM –   Jan. 3, 2022 - Others, like Ruby, were booted out when they…

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