News tagged with adolescent substance abuse


Substance use, aggression linked in new study focused on Latino youth

(Medical Xpress)—Are high school age students who show aggression toward their peers more likely to consume alcohol, tobacco and marijuana? A new study of Latino adolescents in Kansas City, Mo., confirms this idea. But ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Teen girls less successful than boys at quitting meth, pilot study says

A UCLA-led study of adolescents receiving treatment for methamphetamine dependence has found that girls are more likely to continue using the drug during treatment than boys, suggesting that new approaches are needed for ...

Addiction created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adolescents in substance abuse programs report using other's med marijuana

A recent study by University of Colorado School of Medicine researchers shows that it is very common for adolescents in substance abuse treatment to use medical marijuana recommended to someone else (also known as "diverted" ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adolescents in substance abuse treatment report using someone else's medical marijuana

A study published in the July 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found that diverted medical marijuana use among adolescents receiving treatment for substance abuse is ver ...

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Teen alcohol and illicit drug use and abuse examined in study

A survey of a nationally representative sample of U.S. teenagers suggests that most cases of alcohol and drug abuse have their initial onset at this important period of development, according to a report published in the ...

Addiction created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0