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Family Dinners Help Prevent Teenage Drug Abuse
Who would have guessed that if your teenager sits down at the table they are less likely to engage in alcohol and drugs? The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University suggests that teens should sit down at the table for dinner. The relation seems askew but it really does make a huge difference. The study states that teens who eat dinner less than five nights a week are twice as likely to engage in alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use. My personal experience with this is, I hated sitting at dinner with my family. I did not want to engage in any personal level conversation with them because I did not want them to find out what I was doing and primarily did not care to have a relationship … Read entire article »
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Adolescent Drug Abuse on the Rise
Drug abuse among adolescents is becoming less of a public health concern via the media and this represents a problem. A report from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health was conducted and the startling results barely made it to the news like it previously would have. The report included details of illicit encounters with drugs and how they are affecting all areas of society. In 2009, about 22 million Americans were regularly abusing … Read entire article »
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Signs of Eating Disorders in Children
Eating disorders come in all different shapes and sizes. Being responsible and making sure that you are not commenting on your daughters weight or talking about your own weight in front of them is great but it may not be enough. Teens continue slipping into binge eating or some form of an eating disorder and it is hard to prevent it from happening. As parents sit wondering why, so does the rest of the world. The … Read entire article »
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Cambodia Opens Up First Methadone Clinic
Outstanding news comes from Cambodia, a treatment center for heroin users. Although Cambodia believes heroin addiction is more a social issue rather than a health issue, help is on its way. The government is announcing their treatment centers are available for those willing to put in hard work. This is very beneficial for those who seek help. With all the hype about a treatment center opening up in Cambodia inevitably comes the gossip and critics. Health workers and human rights groups portray the facility as a “labour camp.” To me, this label is far from accurate. From my experience, the treatment center I attended that involved hard work and exercise prepared my mind, body, and spirit for outstanding results. Coming into treatment broken down and tired was difficult but working … Read entire article »
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Sleep Deprivation may Lead to Mental Illness
The phrase, “We can sleep when we’re dead!”, is a phrase that is being thrown around all the time by teenagers. As much as teens and young adults may want to believe that they can function properly without sleep, new studies are showing that being sleep-deprived may lead to mental illness. You might ask yourself, what exactly constitutes sleep deprivation? People who sleep less than five hours fall within a high-risk category for sleep deprivation and a … Read entire article »
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Actor Chris Klein Accepts Responsibility for his Actions
The actor, Chris Klein, pleads no contest to a DUI charge on Friday. This charge was involved with his June 16th arrest on the 101 Freeway. We all know Chris is famous for his appearance on “American Pie”, but his ability to cope with the court system is what catches the media’s attention. Chris stated to the judge,“ I apologize for my wrongdoing and I really appreciate that the court gave me the opportunity to prove how seriously I took all of this.” To me, this statement means a lot, a celebrity being able to realize his actions and take responsibility for them, is definitely surprising in today’s media. He has served four days in jail already but he is on four years of probation and 18 months in an alcohol … Read entire article »
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Websites Promoting Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are no joke, and today’s world is working hard on providing resources for getting help with this disorder. As we all know, suffering from bulimia or anorexia can be fatal. That is why there are websites or treatment centers to help. Having resources available online allows the user to be in complete privacy and learn more about the disorder as well as get outside help. Also there are people who turn away from the recovery sites. They go to the pro-eating sites that promote eating disorders. The Internet world classifies these websites as “Pro-Ana” (pro-anorexia) and “Pro-Mia”(pro-bulimia).These websites provide extreme dieting, exercise tips, and dangerous weight loss secrets all designed to help readers look skeletal or be extremely thin. Most of the sites promote “thinspiration”, a term used … Read entire article »
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Web Addicts Have A Hard Time Finding Help
Who would have thought that there could an addiction with Mafia Wars, a Facebook game. Well, there is and here is the story about it. Michael Polomny, an addict who is located in Clay County, Florida, spends anywhere between twelve to sixteen hours a day, uses three computers, and switches between five to seven facebook accounts, just to play Mafia Wars. His addiction began to take over his desire to go to work and started to break up the relationship between his family. Michael’s addiction went so far to where he ended up getting in a fight that landed him up with charges of domestic assault. Luckily on his behalf, he was found not guilty in the Clay County trial that ended on Wednesday. To some people, this addiction may not … Read entire article »
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