 | Underage drinking 'is bigger problem for white middle class families'
Underage drinking is most common among white middle-class families and liberal parenting attitudes are to blame, a government report has warned. It found white children are five times as likely to have been drunk as those from ethnic minorities - »Read more |
 | U.S. children turn to inhaling to get high: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More 12-year-olds in the United States admit to using potentially deadly inhalants to get high than have used marijuana, cocaine and hallucinogens combined, U.S. health officials said on Thursday. »Read more |
 | Treating Teens: Ten Important Questions to Ask a Treatment Program
A guide designed to help parents, teachers, judges, counselors and other concerned adults make better choices about teen substance abuse treatment. To order the 60-page Treating Teens publication, which includes practical resources for parents... »Read more |
 | Tips to spot kids on Meow
IT might not yet be illegal, but mephedrone - aka meow meow - is a dangerous substance that has already claimed the lives of several British youngsters. »Read more |
 | There's more crack and the users are younger
SAINT JOHN - In Saint John, you can find crack cocaine "anywhere and everywhere," says the head of the police force's street crimes unit. And the users are getting younger and younger, an addictions official says. »Read more |
 | The answer to teen alcoholism?
Can you imagine the entire month of January being designated a “dry month” during which Scots were discouraged from drinking alcohol? »Read more |
 | Teen pot smokers at high risk of mental illness
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young people who use marijuana (cannabis) are at increased risk of suffering hallucinations, delusions or other reality-distorting »Read more |
 | PROVINCE TARGETS YOUTH SUBSTANCE ABUSE, SMOKING, UNHEALTHY EATING WITH TOUGH NEW MEASURES
Manitoba will introduce some of the toughest penalties in the country for those who facilitate and participate in underage drinking, along with new tools aimed at reducing youth drug abuse, smoking and unhealthy eating, Healthy Living, »Read more |
 | Addictions this year's theme
Just saying no to drugs won't save kids from addiction. That's the message keynote speaker Gabor Mate is bringing to the 17th Annual Consultation on Chilliwack's Children and Youth this Friday at Sardis secondary. Mate, a doctor who works with drug addict »Read more |
 | Party drug blamed for teens' deaths
Sixteen-year-old Kayla Lalonde of Vancouver died in hospital after she was found lying on Rumble Street in south Burnaby just before 1 a.m. A few hours later, her friend Martha Jackson Hernandez, 17, died several kilometres away in a Richmond hospital. »Read more |
 | Drug survey results vague, but telling
Pop cans sliced and converted into bongs. Backpacks clinking as bottles collide with binders. Empty Visine bottles discarded in bathrooms. These subtle but telling signs, scattered around high schools in Yellowknife, are early indications of a larger »Read more |
 | Mother warns of deadly street drug that killed son
The mother of a 23-year-old man says a single dose of a deadly street drug killed her son. Bev Robertson's son Adam died after injecting Fentanyl last April. Robertson is sharing her story about the drug in the hopes that other parents »Read more |
 | Party delivers sobering message
For many parents of teenagers, it’s their worst nightmare — and Daryl Meyers is inviting them to witness it.Reality parties for parents is a novel approach to demonstrate first-hand scenarios of incidents that happen at many teen parties. »Read more |
 | Mom's partners, discipline alters teens' drinking
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young teens may be more likely to drink alcohol if their mother had multiple partners and did not consistently keep tabs on their behavior when they were 5 years old or younger, researchers from Australia found. »Read more |
 | 'Just say no' doesn't work, say students behind anti-drug website
Canadian Students for a Sensible Drug Policy designed www.not4me.org, which it says moves away from the government's "just say no" approach, which it calls ineffective. "One of the biggest failings of previous youth drug education programs is that »Read more |
 | Less sleep linked to higher drug use
Teens who sleep fewer than seven hours per night are more likely to use illegal drugs, according to a study released Sunday. The research also found a link between a lack of sleep and the likelihood of illegal drug use, which can spread through teens' net »Read more |
 | Every parent and child should hear this message
“After presentation, 94% of students said they'd never take crystal meth.” As Mark McLaughlin places bottles of Drano, antifreeze, brake fluid, acetone, camping fuel, rat poison and paint remover on a table, his audience is filled with growing horror. »Read more |
 | Victoria faces upsurge in teens overdosing on cough medicine
14- to 18-year-olds swallow products containing dextromethorphan (DM or DXM) Teenagers in Victoria looking for an easy, legal high, have started downing cough medicine, with at least five overdosing in the past two weeks, according to the Vancouver Island »Read more |
 | Beginning to drink in teen years raises alcohol risks later on: study
NEW YORK -- While research has linked moderate drinking to better heart health, a new study suggests that those benefits disappear when drinkers add the occasional binge to the mix. Pooling data from 14 previous studies of moderate drinkers, »Read more |
 | Painkillers killing young users
Three people died waiting to get help for their addiction to prescription painkillers as the number of young adults hooked on drugs like OxyContin skyrockets in middle-class neighbourhoods across Manitoba. Addiction expert Laurie Magee said she's seen a s »Read more |
 | Youth gambling on rise:
Parents don't consider underage gambling a big concern despite there being more avenues than ever in which adolescents can bet away their money, results of a Canadian study released Tuesday conclude. »Read more |
 | Young, addicted and on hold!
Thousands of youths wait for 86 addiction rehab beds funded by the province – none in Toronto – and it can take up to four months to get in for treatment [Heartbreaking, you bet!] »Read more |
 | A Different Kind of Teenage 'Angst'
I first started to realize that my mind and body were prone to 'excitability' around the time that I was getting used to a double digit age. I remember that I was really excited about the first day of Grade 6, so much so that I found it hard to get to »Read more |
 | Teens turning from cocaine to ketamine: police
The animal painkiller ketamine is replacing cocaine as a street drug of choice among teens, according to Hamilton police. Typically sold as a white powder in small vials of about a gram, the drug, also known as Special K, looks like cocaine but costs a th »Read more |
| Youth justice committee seeks involuntary 'detox'
For many parents facing the issue of drug addicted youth, the tools are not in place to deal with the problem effectively, says Barbara Westlake, Vice Chair South Fraser and Youth Justice Committee. “If parents don’t have the tools in place to deal wi »Read more |
| Violence Linked to Who Kids Play With, Not What They Play
We found that depressed mood and association with delinquent peers were the strongest and most consistent risk factors for youth violence across outcome measures. Parents’ use of verbal cruelty in domestic relationships and the child’s antisocial per »Read more |
 | Nearly 1 In 10 Youth Gamers Addicted To Video Games
Parents have been saying for years that their kids are "addicted" to video games, but a new study by an Iowa State University psychology professor is the first to actually report that pathological patterns of video game addiction exist in a national »Read more |
 | 25% of students report being a passenger in a car driven by a drunk driver
Twenty-five per cent of students surveyed by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health reported being a passenger in a car driven by a drunk driver, and 17% said they drive after smoking cannabis. »Read more |
 | Model's death highlights 'the agony of ecstasy'
The RCMP has launched a new national anti-drug campaign that features the story of a young B.C. woman who died last year after overdosing on illegal synthetic drugs. Erin Spanevello, had just turned 21 when she died from cardiac and respiratory failure. »Read more |
 | Dinners make a difference
Alberta Health believes that kids whose families eat together are more often less likely to develop problems with substance abuse. The challenge is offering to families for Addictions Awareness Week is to have dinner together five to seven times during... »Read more |
 | School discipline failure fuels crime, says Home Office
Weak discipline and "insufficient" responses to bad behaviour are increasing the likelihood of children going off the rails, researchers concluded. »Read more |
| Power of the family meal
Dubbed the "most famous narc in America," Bob Stutman says the number of times parents eat dinner with their kids every week will predict whether they will be drug addicts. »Read more |
| Indian teens use rap to bare tribal problems
He spent the last week at Warm Beach Camp, attending a music academy for Indian teens that focused on ending prescription drug abuse and problem gambling. Around 50 teens participated, including a few from the Tulalip Tribes. They recorded their own CDs »Read more |
 | Religious teens half as likely to use marijuana
Parents who want to keep their kids off drugs may want to start taking them to church. Religious teens are considerably less likely to use marijuana and are less susceptible to peer pressure to smoke and drink, according to a new study. »Read more |
 | A New Year’s Resolution for Every Parent: Talk With Your Kids about Drugs and Alcohol
Resolving to talk more often with your child about healthy decisions & choices is a great idea for the New Year. Here are 10 Great Resolutions That Show Your Kids You Care: »Read more |
| Tween & Teen - Talking to Your Kids About Drugs
The right time to start talking to your kids about drugs is...now. Here's an age-by-age guide to get the conversation started. »Read more |
 | Protecting Kids from Illegal Drugs
Last Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that random searches by drug sniffing dogs in Canadian high schools cannot take place unless there is already reasonable suspicion that drugs are present. »Read more |
 | Teens and prescription drugs
As families begin preparations for the upcoming school year, parents should be aware of a peer-pressure problem burgeoning nationwide: prescription-drug abuse. Parents, particularly those with teen-age girls, should hold frank discussions with their child »Read more |
