T’S A FACT. New research shows alcohol affects a teenager’s developing brain differently than an adult’s. Memory, learning and impulse control can be impaired seriously. The risk of addiction goes up dramatically. So talk...
The study team led by Dr. Auden McClure of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, used data from a 2011 survey of about 2,000 youth, ages 15 to 20 years. The participants...
By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Kids as young as 13 may be inundated with daily ads from the alcohol industry on social media, and while Twitter has an age-gate which blocks direct-to-phone updates...
“Dude. Your dad is so cool,” one teen might say to the other, sloshing beer out of his red Solo cup as a serious game of pong soaks the cherrywood table and Dad taps...
As part of its “Talk. They Hear You.” campaign, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is encouraging parents, caregivers, and other adult role models to have ongoing conversations with kids about...
The “cool” parents who agree to host a teen drinking party expose themselves to great risks, including the potential of criminal charges, vandalism, teen sex assaults and civil liability. That message was conveyed by...
Nationwide, about half of all under-age drinkers get their alcohol from friends and family, and now, a group of young people in the South Bay hopes to turn things around. The group rallied at...
There’s always a bit of paranoia for Alex while he waits to get into the bar. As his friends file in, his hands sweat and his heart pounds just a little bit faster as...
Although there have been calls to lower the legal drinking age from 21, a new study raises the possibility that it could have the unintended effect of boosting the high school dropout rate. The...
I opened my eyes in a strange room. I was lying on a couch in a dark basement. My skull felt like an eggshell. A wound covering nearly half my face had dried to...
