Social Media and Cannabis Use
I recently ran across a social media meme that pictures some cannabis, along with this message: negative effects of smoking weed include, less weed. It’s one of many weed-friendly social media posts that researchers say are influencing teenagers and their…
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To Drink or Not To Drink: 5 Things to Communicate to Transitioning College Students
As you engage in conversations with college-bound students about drinking, here are 5 things to be sure to communicate. Download the free handout here.
The Borg Challenge
Once again, I want to warn you about a dangerous party trend that’s gone viral and being promoted on TikTok. Known as the Borg challenge or drinking trend, the online videos quickly garnered over eighty-two million views. The word Borg…
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What Looks Good May Be Bad
I was only six or seven years old when I spotted a wrapped chocolate bar sitting on the kitchen counter. It was holiday time and my mom was getting ready to bake something but had left the room. The temptation…
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The Latest on Kids and Drugs
For the last forty-eight years, researchers at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan have been monitoring drug trends among teenagers, and reporting their findings annually in the Monitoring the Future Survey. The most recent survey indicates…
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