by admin | Apr 17, 2024 | Prevention, Underage Issues, Youth
As a young person, you are faced with many challenges. However, very few have the potential to affect your life in a more significant way than the decisions you make about alcohol and drugs. The decisions you make about alcohol and drugs will influence your health,...
by admin | Apr 17, 2024 | Alcohol, Drugs, Underage Issues, Understanding Addiction, Youth
As a young person, you’ll hear everything there is to hear about alcohol and other drugs from friends, your brother or sister or other young people. Unfortunately, much of what you hear from them is based on myth and misconception and, as a result, it may not always...
by admin | Apr 17, 2024 | Alcohol, Drugs, Underage Issues, Understanding Addiction, Youth
There is no single age group of people more affected by alcohol and drugs than young people. In some ways it feels like it is an issue everywhere: for you, your family and your friends. Plain and simple, try as you might, you cannot escape the issues...
by admin | Apr 17, 2024 | Alcohol, Signs of Use & Abuse, Underage Issues, Understanding Addiction
FACT: Alcohol is the most widely used substance of abuse among America’s youth. More kids try alcohol than try cigarettes and a substantial number of young people begin drinking at very young ages. FACT: Adolescents drink less frequently than adults, but...
by admin | Apr 17, 2024 | Alcohol, Drugs, Women
Women are the fastest-growing segment of alcohol and drug users in the United States. In fact, up to 4.5 million women over age 12 in the U.S. have a substance use disorder, 3.5 million misuse prescription drugs, and 3.1 million regularly use illicit drugs. Each year,...
