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How to Help Teenagers Stop Smoking Pot
Finding out that your teenager is smoking pot can be a nightmare and no parent wants to go through this situation. If you have recently found out that your teenager is smoking marijuana, there are some important steps that you can take to stop the risky behavior.
How Concerned Should We Be About Our Teens
I am raising three teenagers. Their behavior frustrates me. The risks they take terrify me. But a new Federal survey conducted among 50,000 teenagers shows that I’m dead wrong to be so amped up. Because today’s teens are actually far more mature and responsible than I was at their age. Here’s the good news for…
New Study Proves Pot Lowers IQ Points
Does smoking pot make you stupid? New research suggests that lighting up joints on a regular basis may lower a person’s IQ… for life. A recently published study out of New Zealand has been following 1,037 for the past 25 years. The subjects of the study were issued IQ tests at age 13 and again at age 38. Throughout the study, participants were surveyed about their drug use.
Cigarettes, Booze and Kids
Two Sundays ago, I picked up my nine-year-old daughter from a girly girl sleepover birthday party at her friend Jo-Jos, five minutes from our house. In addition to her rumpled pink sleeping bag, my daughter left the hosts front door carrying a purple balloon and a goodie bag filled with unicorn stickers. Before we got home, her eyes welled with tears.
Statistics for Teen Drug Abuse
Drug abuse by teenagers is an issue that cannot be taken lightly. Teenagers use and abuse a wide range of drugs, from legal drugs such as nicotine and prescription pills, to drugs that are illegal for their age, such as alcohol and drugs that are illegal for everyone, such as heroin and cocaine.