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Majority Of Teens Discuss Risky Behaviors On MySpace, Studies Conclude

Jan 7th 2009Drug InformationAlcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs

In a pair of related studies released by Seattle Children’s Research Institute and published in the January 2009 issue of Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, researchers found that 54 percent of adolescents frequently discuss high-risk activities including sexual behavior, substance abuse or violence using MySpace, the popular social networking Web site (SNS).

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Number Of Babies Exposed To Drugs Effectively Reduced By ‘Recovery Coaches’

Jan 7th 2009Drug InformationAlcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs

About 11 percent of the 4 million babies born in the U.S. each year have been exposed to alcohol or illicit drugs in the womb, according to a June 2006 report by the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare. If removed from the home by child protection, these children tend to remain in foster care longer, and chances are very low that they will be reunited with their parents. However, a groundbreaking study led by Joseph P.

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