While taking drugs has always been risky, the introduction of new, more powerful drugs in recent years has heightened the potential for accidental overdose. As the tragic death of Chloe Kotval (a 14 year old girl from Ottawa, Canada) demonstrated, teenagers- even very young teenagers- are not immune to the perils of today’s “designer drugs.” All it took was one ...
Emerging research has demonstrated that even the use of “soft” drugs such as marijuana can have a deleterious effect on developing brains, including those of adolescents. Marijuana use directly alters the parts of the brain responsible for memory, learning, and attention, and may be capable of permanently lowering a person’s IQ and interfering with other aspects of their neurological ...
You may have been approached by your child’s teacher or you may have noticed yourself that your child is ...
Politics has always been a controversial topic, but rarely has our political climate been as divisive as it is right ...
For the parents of overweight children, every day is a balancing act; on one hand, there is the natural desire ...
