Three-Quarters of U.S. Teens Say They Don't Drink →
About three-quarters of American high school students say they don't drink alcohol, a new survey finds.
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Most Teens Don't Drink Alcohol →
A poll of US high school teens finds 77 percent say they don’t drink alcohol.
Comparison of adolescent alcohol use at baseline and first follow-up: Results from the Drinking and Teens Project →
The ongoing Drinking and Teens Project is investigating parental supply of alcohol, adolescent alcohol initiation and the development of drinking trajectories.
Smoking Alcohol Dangerous New Trend (Video) →
A dangerous new trend among teens is smoking alcohol.
Study Links Bipolar Disorder to Substance Abuse →
A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (press release here) links bipolar disorder in teens to first time drug abuse.
Predictors of First-Onset Substance Use Disorders During the Prospective Course of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders in Adolescents →
A study found that approximately one in three teens with bipolar disorder developed substance abuse, for the first time, during 4 years of follow-up.
Alcohol ‘Pre-loading’: A Review of the Literature →
Here is a review of the international literature concerning pre-loading - meaning drinking before going out to pubs and bars.
Better verbal development during childhood linked to later drinking and intoxication →
This Finnish study supports linkages between better verbal development during childhood and more frequent drinking and intoxication during adolescence and young adulthood.
Childhood Verbal Development and Drinking Behaviors from Adolescence to Young Adulthood: A Discordant Twin-Pair Analysis →
Children who develop language earlier may be at increased risk of alcohol problems later in life, according to this Finnish study.
NIDA National Drug Facts Week - Shatter the Myths - Plan Your Event →
This online toolkit was created by NIDA in order to assist teens and their adult advisors how to create an event for the National Drug Facts Week, publicize it, find an expert, and obtain scientific information on drugs.