Archive for the 'Addiction' Category
End of the Line for Joe Camel?

The tobacco industry’s war against plain packaging. After years of tightening regulation and dramatic declines in the number of adult smokers, Big Tobacco is targeting teenagers like never before. The fact that they intend to do it with aggressive package advertising has run up against plans in the U.S.,…
Teens Help Shatter the Myths About Drugs

In communities across the country, students, teachers, and parents joined forces in NIDA’s second annual National Drug Facts Week from October 31 to November 6, 2011. From Knoxville, Tennesee, to Siskiyou County in northern California, to La Plata, Maryland, teens gathered in school and neighborhood events to get real…
GRAMMY Contest: Teens Sing Stories of Addiction

Three teens used music to turn the destruction of drug abuse and addiction into music and hope. The winners of the second annual MusiCares and GRAMMY Foundation’s Teen Substance Abuse Awareness through Music Contest featured compelling stories of addiction and recovery. Two entrants wrote their submissions while in treatment;…






