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Anti-bullying Campaign Targets Parents

in Online Monitoring / Online Safety / Parent Tips / Parent-Teen Communication / Parenting / Teaching Mindfulness / Uncategorized  by acsteens 0 comments

Starting in October of 2012, a series of print and web ads, targeting parents, will run with the message: Teach your kids to put a stop to bullying. The ads are a joint effort by the Ad Council, a non-profit that produces and distributes public service announcements, and the Free to Be…You and Me foundation. […]

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US Law Enforcement Begins Major Crackdown of Synthetic Drugs

in Drugs & Alcohol / Other / Substance Abuse / Uncategorized  by acsteens 0 comments

As posted on Teen Talk in July 2011 and January 2011 the rise in the popularity of synthetic marijuana and bath salts, has increased immensely over the last year and has brought with it troubling stories of the affects the drugs have on users. These synthetic drugs are typically sold over-the-counter as “legal highs” in […]

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Prying or Protecting; Online Software for Parents to Monitor their Teenagers

in Online Monitoring / Online Safety / Parent-Teen Communication / Parenting / Uncategorized  by acsteens 0 comments

It is hard to imagine these days an American adolescent that is not connected in some way to the internet. Whether by smart phone, personal laptop, school computer, or shared-family computer; adolescents are “plugged in.” The internet is of course a useful learning tool that in this day and age is necessary in classrooms and […]

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The “Good-Grade” Drug-Adderall, Ritalin, Vyvanse, etc.

in "Good Grade" Drug / Academic Stress / Depression / Drugs & Alcohol / Prescription Drugs / Sleep  by acsteens 0 comments

An article published in the Saturday, June 9th, 2012, New York Times put a brilliant spotlight on the prescription drug abuse of  Adderall, Ritalin, Vyvanse, and other medications prescribed to treat symptoms of A.D.H.D, by high school students pushing themselves to succeed in high school and get into top colleges. At high schools across the […]

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Study Shows that Treating Depression in Teens Wards off Future Substance Abuse

in Depression / Drugs & Alcohol / Mental Health / Uncategorized  by acsteens 0 comments

A study recently released in the  Journal of Consulting and Clinicial Psychology found a correlation between the treatment of severe depression in teens and the likelihood of future substance abuse. Nearly 200 youths at 11 sites across the United States were studied for five years. The participants analyzed by the study were ages 17-23 at the […]

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