There are 23 total posts tagged with “Drugs”

• Youth Substance Abuse: Teaching Youth to Make Good Decisions

  It’s important to remember that consequences affect not only the person using drugs or alcohol but also others, including family and friends.

• National Recovery Month

  National Recovery Month is dedicated to recognizing and celebrating those who are in recovery for mental and substance use disorders and those who…

• Why Are Certain Drugs “Worse” Than Others?

  This school year, I was shocked to learn that more than a handful of kids that I know (by kids I mean teenagers – I don’t know why I still refer to…

• Above The Influence

  When we’re watching TV or movies there’s always a commercial somewhere. Some commercials are about beer, music, and other things we as teens…

• Addiction

  There are many types of addiction but they all have similarities in presentation. Addiction is defined by having the craving to use. It is also mostly…

• Partying

  There are always parties at the end of school years, knowing which are safe and which aren’t is just as important. There is always some risk when…

• Scheduling Success

  How many of you can relate to this? Do you get into more trouble when you have free time? I know that this is the case with me. When I have time with…

• Home of the Outcasts

  Outcasts, druggies, whores: these were all names that were used for us teens that stayed in a group home. It was only a few days ago that I had lost…

• Easy Choices

  Heroin, cocaine, meth, crack, marijuana, and all those bad drugs – some are so addictive, you would die without them, literary. I mean, whats the…

• Setting Boundaries

  Many have trouble dealing with their day-to-day world because they do not know where to set boundaries. I have had this problem myself. I think it is…

• Teens and Drug Use

  Teens and young adults today are exposed to very life changing experiences. It all starts in their very young or hanging out outside their home and or…

• On “Experimenting with Drugs”

  The other day, the first day my new as-many-channels-as-God cable package was installed, I had decided to spend my day entirely planned around the…

• Actions Affect Us Beyond Comprehension

  The past can haunt us. Fear, anger, anxiety, sorrow, and lonesomeness can linger all of our lives if we let them. Battling these memories and…

• Keeping The Addiction Down

  When faced with cravings for using substances we have been addicted to there are multiple difficulties and considerations to ponder. Personally I…

• Drugs Are No Joke

  Drugs as we know can be extremely harmful to our bodies. many youth begin using drugs as an act of being under peer pressure. It is not always easy to…

• My Story of Devastation and Self-Redemption

  Often as youth in difficult situations it’s hard to see past the present challenges. One that appears so often is drugs. They’re a common…

• Drinking When You’re Not 21

  Last school year we had a police officer come in and tell us about drugs and drinking under age. It was a program called D.A.R.E., which you probably…

• Secrets

  If I had a friend who had a secret or problem but couldn’t tell anyone, I would not tell them to suck it up and bear it, no, I would tell the friend,…

• Teen Drug Use – Don’t Jump on the Drug Bandwagon

   

  
  Today, teen drug use…

• The Bitterest Pill, The Sweetest Sin

  A friend of mine was complaining about having what he called small seizures off and on again over the past month. That same friend also does drugs on…

• Debate over anti-depressant use in teens

  Ever since I had to do an analysis of ads promoting anti-depressants for consumer education class, I’ve been interested in the controversies…

• Caffeine Addicts

  As a student, I’m accustomed to seeing my peers drink lots and lots of caffeine. They do it because they need to have some way to stay at least mildly…

• Prescription Drug Abuse

  In health class, we read a short section on the dangers of prescription drug abuse. We spent about 10 minutes on the subject, and then moved onto…