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Substance Abuse

Alcohol Abuse and Binge Drinking

Depression and Self-Injury

Eating Disorders

Safe Dating and Healthy Relationships

Bullying and Internet Safety

  

Substance Abuse

Drug-testing reduces students' drug use, study says

Contaminated cocaine can cause flesh to rot

Huffing teens flirt with death to get high from inhalants

Prescriptions can be source of teenagers' drug abuse

Alcohol, marijuana use on rise among teenagers, survey says

Is marijuana a gateway drug?

Should parents be concerned about their teen and sleeping pills?

Mexico's new drug law may set an example

Heavy marijuana use damages young minds

Long-term marijuana use can double risk of psychosis

Sniffing trumps weed for 12-year-olds

Mexico drug cartels extend reach in U.S.

Alcohol Abuse/Binge Drinking

Binge-drinking teenagers at risk for future osteoporosis, bone fractures

Teen alcohol use interferes with brain development

5 ways parents can prevent teenage drinking

Can your physician reduce your teens chances of underage drinking by 50%?

Alcohol and the teen brain

Parent’s influence on teen drinking

Depression and Self-Injury

Report: Depressed teens, marijuana a dangerous mix

Teen suicide rate: Highest increase in 15 years

Mistreated depression

Teen depression

Impulsive suicide

What parents need to know about teen suicide

Eating Disorders

Moms key to daughters' healthy body image

Suicidal anorexics: Determined to die?

Pro-anorexia websites

Vegetarians mask eating disorders

Portions uncontrolled: The new world of binge eating

Eating disorder label leaves many untreated

Safe Dating and Healthy Relationships

More than 40% of U.S. teens have had sex

Alcohol is most common 'date rape' drug

Healthy teen relationships: The key to preventing dating violence

Middle school sex

When to talk to Kkds about sex? Middle school

Bullying and Internet Safety

"Sexting" leads to child porn charges for teens

Involved parents less likely to raise bullies

Parents say fake online "friend" led to girl's suicide

The school bully -- does it run in the family?

Web site invites kids to report bullies incognito

Internet addiction

"Sexting" on cell phones

Sex talk online

Cyber-bullies

Warnings about new video chat web site

Court tightens definition of cyber-bullying