Posted in Agism, Drugs, Education, Statistics, tagged coping, school, stress, teenagers on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Teenagers ‘turn to alcohol and drugs to cope with school stress’” from The Telegraph, written by Kate Devlin.
An interesting stub in The Telegraph today, concerning teenagers using drugs. There are two places in it that I find interesting. The first is the statistics:
The study quizzed 172 15- and 16-year-olds preparing to sit their GCSEs about [...]
Posted in Drinking Age, Drugs, Statistics, tagged alcohol, Driving, ecstasy, Legislation, stupidity, teenagers, weird on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Teenagers to be banned from drinking before driving, advisors propose” from The Telegraph, written by Tom Whitehead.
I’m starting to get the feeling of monotony after covering the topic of the drinking age only two days ago, but I guess I can do it again. Some gems from the above article:
The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is [...]
Posted in Agism, Drinking Age, Drugs, tagged deaths, discrimination, drugs, grief, heroin, racism, sad, trends on November 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“Fairfax Heroin Ring Was Not Deterred By a Friend’s Death” from The Washington Post, written by Josh White and Tom Jackman.
Via: “Are Kids Really Replicating Anti-Drug Commercials In Virginia?” from Gawker, blogged by Alex Carnevale.
The fourth time 19-year-old Alicia Lannes overdosed on heroin, she was text messaging her boyfriend from inside her family’s Centreville home. [...]
