HOUSTON – The number of teens and adolescents dying from drug overdoses has increased dramatically over the past two years. Ranee Crest's daughter Lydia was an unfortunate victim. "She was beautiful, ...

GAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (ABC 4) — With the fall semester comes added dangers for adolescents and teens, including a heightened risk of substance abuse during the school year. “Adolescents have a lot of ...

As I turn the corner onto my school’s open-air hallways, a soft breeze rustles past, carrying a sweet, foreign fragrance. I round the corner to search for the source, but I tilt my head in confusion — ...

According to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the United States government will spend over $12 billion on its national drug control program in 2005. Although a significant proportion of ...

Substance abuse among American adolescents is diminishing, except for an uptake in cannabis and vaping use – new findings published today in the peer-reviewed journal Substance Use and Misuse, show.

Substance abuse among U.S. adolescents is diminishing, except for an uptake in cannabis and vaping use, according to a new study. The findings show that low social engagement and participation in ...

Young children with parents with alcohol problems, those whose parents experience marital aggression and those with fathers who were more aggravated with their children in early childhood were more ...

Dr. Walling’s career as a psychologist has been a singular devotion to the creation of the Valley’s first-ever successful outpatient counseling program for substance use in teenagers. Dr. Walling’s ...

According to a study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, deadly overdoses among adolescents nearly doubled from 492 in 2019 to 954 in 2020. They jumped another 20% in 2021.

Substance abuse and alcohol addiction are complex issues that are increasingly gaining the attention of policymakers, health workers, law enforcement agencies and society as a whole. Social pressures, ...

Arizona's Top IOP Program for Teens for 33 years ASAP, the Adolescent Substance Abuse Program, has proven itself Arizona's finest outpatient treatment program for teen substance abuse ages 12-18 since ...