The Atlantic – When someone ingests too many opioids and stops breathing, we know what to do: Give them naloxone (Narcan). And yet when it comes to naloxone, more isn’t always better. Experts suggest that a more potent form of the drug could backfire, compounding naloxone’s harmful side effects with
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Experimenting with substances can be risky for teens. It’s the responsibility of parents and caregivers to educate kids about drugs and alcohol. The teenage years can be some of the most fun and formative years of a person’s life. Yet, these years can also be marked by high emotions and
October 2022 – AUSTIN (KXAN) — The family of University of Texas student and Texas Longhorns linebacker Jake Ehlinger say the 20-year-old’s May death was due to an accidental drug overdose. In a statement sent Thursday, the Ehlinger family says they learned Jake accidentally overdosed May 6 from what’s believed … Continue to full story .......
Here we are again. Alarm bells are already sounding for the next threat to the health and safety of youth: marijuana edibles. And once again, government not only seems oblivious to it but is doing more to help the marijuana industry than to protect families from being blindsided yet again … Continue to full story .......
Kids who grow up in homes where parents consume cannabis will more than likely use it themselves. Turns out the old adage, “monkey see, monkey do,” does ring true — even when it comes to cannabis use. However, when cannabis use involves youth it’s see, think, then do, says a
Correlation does not mean causation, but that is why we do research — to follow correlations in an effort to determine causation. Data linking marijuana use to people with suicidal ideation, attempts, and completed suicides are steadily increasing.
Many states, including Colorado, have made post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) an approved
It’s April, Alcohol Awareness Month – and that means it’s time to engage parents with MADD’s Power of Parents program. Research shows that adolescents who are more connected with their parents, for example, who attend family dinners more frequently, are less likely to drink alcohol or use other drugs among … Continue to full story .......
Addiction can happen at any age, but the DEA said it usually starts when a person is young. Look out when adolescents start behaving differently for no apparent reason, including acting withdrawn, frequently tired or depressed or hostile, a change in peer groups, carelessness with grooming, decline in academic performance, … Continue to full story .......
April 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Being jailed puts teens with untreated psychiatric disorders at increased risk for long-term mental health struggles, researchers say.
“These are not necessarily bad kids, but they have many strikes against them,” said study lead author Linda Teplin. “Physical abuse, sexual abuse and neglect are
Teenagers’ cannabis addiction rates are about the same as those for prescription opioids, says a new study in JAMA Pediatrics. “A year after first trying cannabis, almost 10.7 per cent of adolescents age 12 to 17 met the criteria of addiction. Those in the same age group who tried … Continue to full story .......
In a nationally representative cross-sectional study of 15 200 parent-adolescent dyads from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, controlling for other factors, parental medical prescription opioid use within the past year was associated with adolescent medical prescription opioid use and misuse, whereas parental misuse was not. These findings … Continue to full story .......
Vaping cannabis may put teens at a greater risk for developing symptoms of lung injury than those who smoke cigarettes, or marijuana, or who vape nicotine, according to a new study. Adolescents were about twice as likely to report wheezing or whistling in the chest than those who used e-cigarettes
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