Topic: National Center On Addiction And Substance Abuse

Want to keep your teen out of trouble? Insist on family dinners. . A new survey reveals that a family sit-down at dinnertime can benefit teenagers...
Teens who regularly use social networking sites are more likely to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes and pot than those who shun the online friend...

Social networking increases risk of teen drug abuse: study

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Time spent social networking increases the risk of teens smoking, drinking and using drugs, according to a national survey of American attitudes on substance abuse released on Wednesday.On a typical day, 70 percent of teens ages 12 to 17 ...

Study: Social networking increases risk of teen drug abuse

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Time spent social networking increases the risk of teens smoking, drinking and using drugs, according to a national survey of American attitudes on substance abuse released on Wednesday.On a typical day, 70 percent of teens ages 12 to 17 ...
One in eight U.S. high school students is hooked on drugs, booze or cigarettes, a shocking new report says.. . That's especially alarming since...
Statement by Joseph A. Califano, Jr. CASA* Founder and Chairman and Former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on the FDA's Tobacco...

Some good non-alcoholic beers

Just about everyone knows that the legal drinking age throughout the United States is 21. But according to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, almost 80% of high school students have tried alcohol. From there, it affects the central nervous ...
If you want to keep your children away from alcohol, drugs and tobacco as long as possible, you might want to consider having frequent family dinners together. The latest edition of the study, "The Importance of Family Dinners VI," from The National ...

Teen Drug Abuse:

Teen drug abuse is quite an alarming scenario. Almost 55 percent of American children between 12 and 17 years fall under high to moderate risk category, while a minority of 45 percent falls under low risk category, according to National Center on ...
Over the past 16 years, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University has surveyed thousands of American teens and their parents to identify factors that increase or decrease the likelihood of teen substance abuse. In the latest ...