National Drug Prevention Alliance & PPP

Research - Effects on youth

Marijuana 2.0 – It is a Different Drug Now
Pot Shock
Myocardial Infarction Associated With Use of the Synthetic Cannabinoid K2
Marijuana Use and Adolescents: What Clinicians Need to Know
Clever children more likely to end up on drugs
Nicotine Acts as “Gateway” Drug to Cocaine, Study in Mice Finds
Children of addicts ‘more likely to experience problems in adulthood’
ER admissions for Ecstasy increase 74% in just four years…and nearly 20% involve children as young as 12
Substance Use amongst Children in Scotland
Marijuana Use Precedes the Onset Of Psychotic Symptoms In Youth and Young Adults
New research ‘makes the case’ for investment in young people’s drug and alcohol treatment
CESAR Study Finds 9 Warning Signs of Early Marijuana Use
CASA Columbia Releases 2011 Teen Survey: National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XVI: Teens and Parents
Smoking during pregnancy raises ‘birth defect risk’
Review Finds Some School-Based Programs Curb Alcohol Misuse
Boozy kids as young as 10 are blocking hospital beds after being admitted for alcohol problems.
Binge drinking ‘can damage memory skills’ in teen girls
School-based prevention for illicit drugs’ use
Substance use outcomes 5½ years past baseline for partnership-based, family-school preventive interventions.
Teenagers, Friends and Bad Decisions
Half of U.S. Kids Face Parent Substance Abuse -Study
Usage of cannabis in UK
Combining in-school and community-based media efforts: reducing marijuana and alcohol uptake among younger adolescents
Teenage therapy ‘reduces binge drinking’
News media turns young people off illicit drugs
Smoking and Teenage Depression
Underage drinking
U.K. Study Finds Teens Know About Marijuana Harms
Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2009: Public Attitudes To Drugs And Drug Use in Scotland
20 Children A Day Treated For Alcoholism
Drugs Figures Paint Incorrect Pictures Of Misuse
Monitoring the Future survey shows that while marijuana continues to be the most commonly
Patterns and Trends in Inhalant Use by Adolescent Males and Females, 2002-2005
Brief skills training is effective to curb college drinking
Study Praises Prevention Based on ‘Competence Skills’
Calif. Tobacco Prevention Program Credited with Cutting Smoking
Adolescent Brains Not Ready to Avoid Risks, Study Says
Alcohol Prevention More Difficult For Young Men To Swallow
Genetic Risk Factors for both Marijuana and Alcohol Misuse Similar
Study: Parents’ Expectations Can Influence Risky Teen Behavior
‘Truth’ Campaign Can Save Half a Million Lives, Billions of Dollars
Rise witnessed in child cocaine treatment
Parental monitoring can reduce teens’ marijuana use
Parents encourage youngsters to drink, finds Oz study
Kids who drink with parents ‘develop alcohol problems’
School-Based Drug Abuse Prevention Program Also Works Against Violence and Delinquency
Binge drinking soars among under-14s
How to Implement a Model to Get Youth off Drugs and Out of Crime
Methamphetamine Abuse Linked To Underage Sex, Smoking And Drinking
Potentially fatal combination of youth and alcohol
UK Incidence Of Children Living With Substance-misusing Parents Considerably Underestimated
Family Dinners and Teen Substance Use
Teens ‘aware of cannabis harm’
Half of U.S. Kids Face Parent Substance Abuse -Study
Homeless youth need more than drug rehab
Drug Use Down in USA
Study finds link between amphetamine abuse and heart attacks in young adults
Marijuana use = greater risk of Mental Health – CNN
College students with a “dense” family history of alcoholism have the highest risk of alcohol-use disorders, a U.S. study says.
Genetic and Environmental Influences on Alcohol, Caffeine, Cannabis, and Nicotine Use From Early Adolescence to Middle Adulthood
U of M scholar and colleagues link tobacco industry’s marketing to youth smoking
Twiggs County (USA) schools net grant for drug, gang prevention
Dope-smoking among teens down in many countries
The occurrence of cannabis use disorders and other cannabis-related problems among young adults attending college
Alcohol-Branded Apparel Linked to Adolescent Drinking
Predictive factors for illicit drug use among young people
Texas Prevention Impact Index
Exposure to Substance Use Prevention Messages and Substance Use among Adolescents: 2002 to 2007
Teenagers Want Adults to Intervene in Tobacco Use, Study Says
Prevention Program Helps Teens Override A Gene Linked To Risky Behavior
Study: Substance-abuse funding skimps on prevention
Lower Legal Drinking Age Increases Poor Birth Outcomes
Shocking Statistics – Alcohol and Youth Drug Use
Middle School Interventions Reduce Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs
NIDA Study Shows School-Based Prevention Program Reduces Problem Behaviors in Fifth Graders By Half
More than 11,000 under-16s ‘treated for drug and drink addiction’
Pictures of Puffing Stars Encourages Teen Smoking
High smoking rates among girls in Wales
Marketing Linked to College Binge Drinking
Parent Resources to Prevent Summertime Teen Marijuana Use
Marijuana Use Among Canadian Teens Reaches Record High
More Teens See Marijuana Risks
More Youth in Treatment Due to Marijuana Use
Raised on Radio: Underage Youth More Likely to Hear Alcohol Ads on Radio than Adults
Early Sleep Troubles Linked to Later Drug Problems
“Party School” to Require Alcohol-Misuse Course
Study Says More Alcohol Ads Reaching Minors
Study Sees Ecstasy Use Decline Among Teens
Successful Ad Campaign reduces youth tobacco use
Summer Time Is the High Time for New Teen Marijuana Use
Survey on Youth Drug Use
Teen Brain Wired to Seek Easy Rewards
Teens Taking More Prescription Drugs Illegally
Teens Tempt Fate by Combining Inhalants, Other Drugs
Cannabis dependence: a snapshot
Pot-Smoking Parents Bad Role Models
Drug Addiction As A Developmental Disorder
Unsupervised Teens Do Poorly In School
Ecstasy Use
Working Teens More Likely to Drink
Drug- Driving
British children use drugs more than ever before
Youth Alcoholism on the increase
Cannabis use and mental health in young people: cohort study
New Harvard/NIDA study examines effect of marijuana use in mid- teens or younger
Steep rise in abuse of legal drugs
Family medicine cabinet now newest source
Relationships Matter: Impact of Parental, Peer Factors on Teen, Young Adult Substance Abuse
Revised DARE Program Showing Promising Results
Violent Crime, Smoking Among Teens on Decline
UK Experiencing High Level Of Child Drug Use
Four N.C. Kids Bought 165 Cartons of Cigarettes Online
Ad Campaign Convincing Youth Not to Smoke
CAMY Says Alcohol Company Websites Attract Minors
Health Canada Study Worries Quebec Officials Over Increasing Teen Marijuana Use
Youth Drug Use Declines, But Alcohol, Future Trends are Concerns
Young smokers five times more likely to have a heart attack
Kids use nonprescription meds to get high
America’s Teens Most Depend on Television and Their Parents for Influencing Their Opinion on the News
Marijuana use is pushing teens into treatment
Most College Smokers Don’t Quit
Schoolgirls smoke more than boys
Teen Drug Abuse Declines Across Wide Front
Ecstasy Outdated as Young Britons Find New Dance Drugs
French Teenagers Smoke Joints As Often As They Drink
Monitoring the Future Survey Results Released
Health Canada Study Worries Quebec Officials Over Increasing Teen Marijuana Use
Juvenile Treatment Court Develops Mentoring Program
Indiana: New Survey Shows Youth are Smoking, Drinking Less, in Most Cases
Using Marijuana Before Age 21 more likely to lead to addiction
AMA warns that more teen girls are drinking
Teenage Girls Targeted for Sweet-flavored Alcoholic Beverages
Young Smokers at High Risk of Heart Attack
Youthful Drinkers Have Greater Risk of Becoming Problem Adult Drinkers
2003 Survey: Marijuana Use Drops Among Youth, Risk Perceptions Climb
Report Links Teen Drug Use With Friends’ Sexual Activity
Experts Concerned About Girls’ Alcohol Use
Epidemiological Study documents gateway effect of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana
Most College Smokers Don’t Quit
Smoking Near Kids Triples Cancer Risk, Study Says
Parents Overlook Smoking in Protecting Asthmatic Children
Study Sees Relationship Between Friends, Drug Use
Tobacco Firms Encourage College Smoking
Fewer Kids Would Smoke if States Spent More on Prevention
UVA Study Finds `Cool Kids’ Get In More Trouble
Young Drinkers More Likely to Have Problems as Adults
Televised Anti-Tobacco Advertising Decreases Smoking in U.S. Youth
Study Says More Alcohol Ads Reaching Minors
Half of U.S. Kids Face Parent Substance Abuse
Drug trafficking
Federal Law Would Interfere with Effective Student Drug Testing Policy, Georgia Schools Say
Feds Sound New Warning About Marijuana Use
Health timebomb as rising cocaine use threatens heart problems in young
More Alcohol Ads Reaching Teenage Girls
Most Teen Smokers Do Want to Quit
Use of Cigarettes and Alcohol by Preschoolers While Role-playing as Adults
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Slows Cognitive Function
Powdered Alcohol on Sale online
Recovery Schools Support Sobriety for Young People
Special K, the horse pill taking over from ecstasy among clubbers
Study Sees Rise in Alcohol Deaths, DUI in College
Substantial Declines in Teen Drug use
Teen Drug Use Continues To Decline
The European “Schools Health Education Unit”
Tucson City Buses Help Youngsters Find Safe Haven
Decline in Teen Smoking Falters as States Spend Less on Prevention
Cesar Study Finds 9 Warning Signs of Early Marijuana Use
Teenage Drinking And Smoking – Siblings Are Powerful Role Models
Addiction danger for child drinkers
Aggressive teens more likely to try tobacco, pot
Alcohol damage to babies concern
Assessing the Impact of Antidrug Advertising on Adolescent Drug Consumption: Results From a Behavioral Economic Model
Bad Habits May Run in the Family
Can Just One Cigarette Hook Teens?
Early Alcohol Users Five Times More Likely to Be Alcohol Dependent in Lifetime
Fetal Alcohol Exposure: Baby’s First Stool May Provide Clues
Parents backing for random drug tests in schools
People who first try marijuana at a young age are more likely to develop mental illnesses
Symptoms of anxiety and depression in childhood and use of MDMA
Smoking May Be Linked to Childhood Leukemia
Teen ER Visits Often Involve Alcohol, Other Drugs
U.K. Girls Indulge in Violence
Family Advocacy Network (FAN)
Dare To Be You
Child Development Project (CDP)
Across Ages
Drugs and crime in the UK
Culturally Relevant Smoking Prevention for Minority Youth
Dutch Students Cannabis Use
Preventive education for adolescents or children
Trauma and stress in early life increases vulnerability to cocaine addiction in adulthood.
Opiate and Cocaine Exposed Newborns: Growth
Dutch Teenagers Get Hooked On Drugs At An Ever Younger Age
Relationship Between Self- Esteem and Smoking Behavior Among Japanese Early Adolescents: Initial Results from a Three-Year Study
Teen smoking down, but one in 10 middle-schoolers smokes
More Teens Treated for Addiction Study Finds
CASA Survey Underscores Need for Parents and Adult Caregivers to Ensure Kids Stay Drug Free
Young drinkers want to be shocked
Record Number of Young People Seek Treatment After Alarming Jump in Cannabis Use
Alarming Increase In Drug Users Seeking Treatment
Shortened Family Prevention Programs yield long-lasting Reductions in Adolescent Drug Abuse
Three Factors Behind Teen Drug Use
Severe ADHD children at Risk for Later Drug Problems
Teen Smoking
More Youth Exhibit Alcohol, Other Drug Dependency
Using Drugs Even Before They Are In Their Teens
Callous way the tobacco industry ensnares our youngsters
Prevention Works
Religious Beliefs Linked to Decreased Drug Use
What Americans need to know about Marijuana
Report Shows Parents Unaware of Children’s Ecstasy Use
Young Marijuana Smokers at Highest Addiction Risk
Drugs Spark Gang Violence in Vancouver
Anti-drug testing bill threatens students
Drug Use in the USA
Current Drug testing in Britain
Concern over cigarette portrayal on screen
Clicking with Kids: Alcohol Marketing and Youth on the Internet
Blunt ‘Cigar Papers’ Come In Flavours
Adolescent Treatment Admissions Increase in 2002
Drug abuse causing heart attack like symptoms
Children of Smokers More Likely to Carry Pneumonia Bacteria
Carcinogens Found in Infant Children of Smokers
Drug abuse linked to brain hemmorhage in young adults
Young People’s Alcohol Drinking Influenced By How Much Advertising They View
Twin study shows cannabis makes moving to hard drugs more likely
Child drug use ‘aggression link’
Cannabis ‘linked to aggression’
Black, White Youths Metabolize Nicotine Differently
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents
Measuring excessive alcohol use in college drinking contexts: The drinking context scale
Residential Student Assistance Program
Implementation issues and society’s perception of risk and consequences
What is prevention ?
Parents and Drugs
Letters to the Editor:-
Cerebral Atrophy In Young Cannabis Smokers
Chronic Marijuana Smoking And Short-Term Memory Impairment
Smoking Prevalence In U.S. Birth Cohorts: Influence of Gender and Education
The real reason why British girls smoke
Prevention & Education
Drug use and delinquent behavior among high risk youths
Persuasive communication in the mass media:
Drug use and violent crime among adolescents
College Life:
What influences young people to take drugs?
Involving Parents in Drugs Prevention
Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure And Health Effects In Children
Boys & Girls Clubs in Public Housing Developments: – Prevention Services for Youth At Risk
A Solution to Pro-Drug Messages on Information Superhighway – Media is Major Risk Factor for Youth Today
Seattle Social Development Project
Strengthening Families Program
Adolescent Alcohol – Prevention Trial (AAPT)
Study Confirms Drug Prevention Works
Long Term Impact Of Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E): Results Of 6 Yr .Follow Up.
Does D.A.R.E. Make A Difference In Students’ Attitudes & Behaviour In The Use Of Alcohol And Drugs?
Parents’ concerns, attitudes, and needs
Gateway Theory
Effects of a Community-Based Prevention Programme on Decreasing Drug Use in High-Risk Adolescents
Tobacco companies supply film-makers products (‘Product Placement’)
At the Cinema – Smoking in cinemas increasing, in contrast to real smoking rates
Why do young people smoke?
Implications
Social Factors
Learning Theory
Test of socioeconomic status as a predictor of initial marijuana use
University students’ reasons for NOT drinking: Relationship to alcohol consumption level
The Smoking Drinking/Drug Connection
Parent Power
Back to School Teen Survey – USA
International Trends in Drug Abuse
Reasons for drinking versus outcome expectancies in the prediction of college student drinking
Cocaine use rises markedly among 16-29 year olds
Alcohol is the leading drug abused by U.S. teens
Teenage Survey
NICO Drink
Legal Attitudes,Permissive Norm Quantities, and Substance Use :
Cannabis dependence, withdrawal, and reinforcing effects
Results Mapping: New Ways for Evaluating Prevention Programs for At-Risk