Youth Today
All posts tagged "Substance Abuse"
-
1.7KOpinionMy Ongoing Battle with Substance Abuse
“I was only 11 years old, but my age didn’t stop me from falling into the same trap my father did.” A...
-
1.5KVideosIf They Had Asked: Young People in Recovery Reflect on What Could Have Been
Three young men in recovery reflect on their youth and how their addictions were mishandled by their mentors, teachers and coaches. They...
-
1.9KOpinionForget ‘Just Say No’: This Is How Nation Can Reduce Youth Substance Use
Substance misuse can have long-term adverse effects on physical and mental health, academic and career attainment, relationships, and being part of a...
-
2.8KOpinionParents as First Responders in Adolescent Substance Use
Studies show that 90 percent of people with substance use disorders began using during their teen years when the brain is still...
-
1.8KNewsFewer Teens Drink, Smoke Cigarettes, Pot Use Stagnant, More Suffer Depression: Report
The latest treasure trove of data for public health researchers and policymakers who study substance use and mental health arrived this week,...
-
3.8KNewsConvicted on Drug Charges, Georgia Youth Faces Life After Rehab
NEWNAN, Ga. — It was the fake $100 bill that finally landed Corey Roberts in prison. He’d already had one close call,...
-
3.2KOpinionMany Paths to Recovery, Reducing Shame, Increasing Self-Advocacy
For the past five years, Young People in Recovery has worked within the youth and young adult recovery advocacy space to normalize...
-
1.6KOpinionWhat Is Wrong With the Recovery Movement?
Justin Luke Riley's candid approach to recovery from opioid and other addictions: "I should have a mission every day to make sure...
-
3.1KYouth VoicesReclaiming My Life after Meth
With a school filled with druggies and a neighborhood filled with them, too, I was out of luck. Doing drugs was how...
-
1.5KOpinionVideo: Life is Short
Spoken word artist Joseph Green says spoken word poetry is a youth development tool.
-
1.6KVideosVideo: Talk Ugly
"The last time I saw you alive, I wish I would have talked ugly to you." Through spoken word, recovering addict Joseph...
-
1.5KNewsFriends
Six stories of losing friends to overdose are woven into one tale of drugs and loss.
-
2.0KNewsNew Strategies for Treating Addiction among Teens
An unlikely group gathered last spring in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the opening of a new addiction-treatment center just for teens. Probation...
-
1.9KNewsUnspoken Truths: Young People in Recovery
We're proud to partner with Upworthy to share this video, produced last summer when the Alcoholic Anonymous convention was in Atlanta. If...
-
1.6KOpinionChildhood Obesity Prevention Serves as Framework to Address Adolescent Substance Use
Adolescence is a developmental period of growth and great potential, but it is also a time of risk-taking and experimentation — including...
-
2.9KOpinionTalking to a Doctor About Substance Use
Making sure doctors are trained in prevention and treatment is critical. Assuring that addiction is addressed in routine medical practice will help...
-
1.3KNewsThe Recovery Diaries: Jessica
Meet 24-year-old Jessica McDaniel: The woman who couldn't go without a drink before 11 in the morning is now helping other young...
-
► Reports
Reducing Teen Substance Misuse: What Really Works
This new report from Trust for America's Health uses comprehensive national data to rank all 50 states on how how effective they...
-
2.3KThe Most Effective Prevention for Teen Substance Use Not Widely Deployed: Report
Though the most effective policies have been identified to fight substance abuse in teens, states don't use them widely enough, public health...
-
2.4KEngaging Kids Fights Substance Abuse, Organizations Say
Three years ago, Dejohn Taylor’s life was in turmoil. Substance abuse had sent him spiraling toward self-destruction. He was finding himself in...
