Study finds modest drop in teen drug use, but increase in use of ...
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Fewer teenagers are smoking cigarettes or using illegal drugs, but a survey released Tuesday shows a troubling increase in the use of inhalants by younger adolescents.
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WASHINGTON   It&#39;s not just a cliche: Sex and drugs often do go together, says a survey of US teenagers.
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NEW YORK  - Getting teenagers more active   in school life may lower the odds that they will smoke, drink,   use drugs or have sex, a new study suggests.
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Kids who enter puberty early are more likely to use and abuse tobacco, alcohol and marijuana than those who physically mature later, mostly because their window of opportunity for experimentation is wider.
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A U.S. report shows a rise in youth suicides after a decade of decline, with no clear explanation
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A U.S. study of serious teenage delinquency suggests boys are exposed to higher levels of risk than are girls, and with less protection.
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A national study released Thursday showed that teenagers whose friends were sexually active were more likely to smoke, drink or use illegal drugs.
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Youngsters are using fewer illegal  drugs but a spike in use has been seen among older adults,  perhaps because a few aging baby boomers have clung to their  rebellious ways, according a U.S. substance abuse report  published on Thursday.
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The percentage of teenage girls who drink alcoholic beverages is increasing more rapidly than that of boys, and girls on average take their first drink at age 13, the American Medical
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WASHINGTON -- Teens who say at least half their friends are having sex are more likely to report having tried marijuana, alcohol and cigarettes, according to a survey released yesterday by the National ...
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Fewer American teenagers are having sex, and those who do are using contraceptives more often, according to a new survey from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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NEW YORK  - The odds that adolescents will  smoke, drink or use marijuana may have a lot to do with their  physical development, regardless of their school grade level or  how old they are, a new study shows.
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WASHINGTON -- Fewer teens are engaging in sexual activity than in the past, and those that do are more likely to use contraceptives, the government said Friday.
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High school students are more likely to smoke, drink and use marijuana when they get their driver&#39;s license because they get more opportunities to be free of adult supervision
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Fall in teenage consumption raises doubts over plan to reclassify drug.
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The nation&#39;s most respected treatment programs for teen drug abusers may frequently fall short of what&#39;s necessary for effective treatment, a new study suggests.
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WASHINGTON -- The use of marijuana and other illicit drugs declined slightly among teenagers in 2004, but dangerous inhalants and the highly addictive prescription painkiller Oxycontin are becoming more popular, a new national drug survey says.