As I turn the corner onto my school’s open-air hallways, a soft breeze rustles past, carrying a sweet, foreign fragrance. I round the corner to search for the source, but I tilt my head in confusion — ...

Substance abuse among American adolescents is diminishing, except for an uptake in cannabis and vaping use – new findings published today in the peer-reviewed journal Substance Use and Misuse, show.

One in four U.S. adolescents is exposed to violence in their neighborhood, and those teens are more than twice as likely to ...

Substance abuse among U.S. adolescents is diminishing, except for an uptake in cannabis and vaping use, according to a new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The findings ...

Millions in state funding meant to reopen a youth substance abuse program in County was shifted, through budget deliberations ...

A study led by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) claims that adolescents (ages 12-17) are more likely to develop a substance abuse disorder after trying marijuana or misusing prescription ...

Adolescents start using drugs for a variety of reasons. For example, they may want to impress peers, boost energy, ease stress, or self-medicate mental health conditions like social anxiety disorder, ...

When is the brain most vulnerable to the harmful effects of drug and alcohol use? During the teenage years, said Dover Police Chief Robert Edwards during a recent presentation on the effects of ...

Alcohol treatment for adolescents in England who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) is more than twice as likely to fail than compared to those who are, University of Manchester ...

Substance abuse among U.S. adolescents is diminishing, except for an uptake in cannabis and vaping use, according to a new study. The findings show that low social engagement and participation in ...