Parents Seriously Underestimate Availability and Use of Drugs Among Their Children

According to the results of a national survey in America 34% of parents of teens thought their child had been offered drugs, while over one-half (52%) of the teens reported being offered drugs. This disparity is even greater for youth–7% […]

Partnership Attitude Tracking Study 1996: Research Results

by Partnership for a Drug-Free America – Date Published 1997

Annotation

The Partnership Attitude Tracking Study examined juvenile drug use and attitudes based on more than 12,000 interviews with children in grades 4 through 6, teenagers in grades 7 through 12, and […]

Parents and Drugs

A search was made to assess what research has been done in the areas of parent surveys and parent programmes for drug prevention with children – most research on drug prevention education has been done in the late 1970s, early […]

Exposure to Marijuana in Womb May Harm Brain

Mon Mar 24, 5:33 PM
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study in rats suggests that prenatal exposure to marijuana may affect offsprings’ behavior and memory, Italian researchers announced Monday.
The findings reaffirm advice for pregnant women and lactating women to […]

Carcinogens Found in Infant Children of Smokers

Research Summary
Researchers have found that infants as young as three months old accumulate nicotine and carcinogens in their bodies when they are exposed to tobacco smoke, the Guardian reported May 12.
Authors of the study — the first to test smoke […]

Children of Smokers More Likely to Carry Pneumonia Bacteria

Children exposed to secondhand smoke at home are more likely to carry the streptococcus pneumonia bacteria in their nose and throat, according to Israeli researchers.
A study involving more than 200 children and their mothers found that 76 percent of children […]

Effects of prenatal cigarette and marijuana exposure on drug use among offspring.

The present study investigated whether maternal cigarette smoking and marijuana use during pregnancy were associated with an increased risk of initiation and daily/regular use of such substances among one hundred fifty-two 16- to 21-year-old adolescent offspring. The participants were from […]

Report Shows Parents Unaware of Children’s Ecstasy Use

While nearly 3 million teenagers in America have already tried the club drug Ecstasy, only one percent of parents believe their son or daughter is among them – and half of all parents are unclear about the effects of the […]

Three Factors Behind Teen Drug Use

Boredom, stress, and the availability of extra money are three main reasons why teens use drugs, the New York Times reported Aug. 20.The annual survey of parents and children ages 12 to 17 by Columbia University’s National Center on Addiction […]

CASA Survey Underscores Need for Parents and Adult Caregivers to Ensure Kids Stay Drug Free

40.8% of paediatricians in the USA failed to diagnose illegal drug abuse when presented with a classic description of an adolescent patient with symptoms of drug abuse. The symptoms included red eyes and runny nose, frequent sore throat, headache and […]

What Parents Can Do

IntroductionRecent surveys show that we are making progress in our national battle against some drugs. Casual use is declining, attitudes are changing, and we know more about what works to prevent drug use by our young people. As parents, we […]

Prevention programmes for parents: Research findings – classic early studies

A long-term study looking at the PRIDE prevention programme (for youth and parents) over five years found that there had been a continuous decrease in the use of all substances by almost all age groups. One example was that cannabis […]

BTMPS in Fentanyl: What Parents Need to Know About This Emerging Chemical

You may have heard about dangerous substances mixed with fentanyl, like xylazine and medetomidine. Now there’s a new worry: BTMPS. This industrial chemical is normally used to make plastic products, but it’s been showing up in fentanyl across many cities […]

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