Jan. 4, 2022 – NPRAustin – What if our cars could prevent drunk driving? The recent infrastructure law included a provision mandating that, in a few years, all new cars must include technology to detect and prevent drunk driving.
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — After a year and a half of drug addiction without treatment, Anisa Madero spent her 17th birthday in a rehabilitation facility. Today, Madero is 20 years old, sober and a community guest specialist at an adult drug treatment program. Her time in treatment as a teen … Continue to full story .......
Dec. 1, 2021 – AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than 240 people died from overdose-related deaths in Travis County during 2020, county leaders announced Thursday, with deaths spiking by more than 30% from the year prior. Data from the Travis County Medical Examiner’s 2020 annual report revealed 246 people died due
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
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