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Report Shows Teen Medicine Abuse Increase

Posted: April 25th, 2013 by Michele Borba


Troubling medicine abuse report card reveals 1/4 teens abusing RX drugs. Let’s get educated! A just-released report shows a troubling trend about teen medicine abuse. Please parents – keep track of your prescription drugs. One in four teens admits having misused or abused a prescription drug – a 33 percent increase over a five-year period. [...]



How to Address Medicine Abuse with Your Teen

Posted: April 23rd, 2013 by Michele Borba


Did you know that one of the riskiest teen behaviors starts right at your medicine cabinet? Modern day prescription drug abuse is dangerously high among teens in the U.S., with one in four teens reporting they have used a prescription drug (when a doctor had not prescribed it for them) in order to get high [...]



13 Dangerous Ways Teens Get High

Posted: May 31st, 2012 by Michele Borba


Potentially lethal trends teens are doing  that every parent and educator must know This note is only intended to an author abusing copyright law – apologies to my readers. To that author and publisher: please honor the copyright of this article and my others… if used, please quote the source. To the publisher, check my [...]



Dangerous Teen Activity: Dexing, Skittling, Robo-Tripping In YOUR Medicine Cabinet #Parenting

Posted: February 11th, 2010 by Michele Borba


PARENT REALITY CHECK: Do you know the signs of cold and cough syrup medicine addiction? If not, it’s time to get educated. If you need any motivation read these troubling stats: One out of every fourteen kids aged 12 to 17 (more than 2.4 million) admit using cold or cough medicine “fairly recently” to get [...]