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Read studies and statistics about teen drug abuse and addiction. Underage use of drugs and illegal substances is a growing concern for parents. Learn about ways to prevent drug use among children and adolescents: treatment options and recovery programs for teenagers struggling with dependency on narcotics.

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• Signs of Drug Use and Abuse Among Adolescents

  Different drugs cause different reactions and signs in the person using them. Parents can narrow down the identification of the substance being used if they are familiar with signs associated with that particular substance.

• Anti-Drug Helps Parents Raise Drug-Free Kids

  TheAntiDrug.com was created by the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign to equip parents with the tools they need to raise drug-free kids. Provides parents access to helpful articles and advice from parenting experts and substance abuse prevention; science-based drug prevention information, news and studies; and support from other parents striving to keep their children drug-free.

• Marijuana: Facts for Teens

  What is marijuana and how does it affect the user's everyday life? This colorful brochure answers these questions and many more. Marijuana: Facts for Teens also examines the short- and long-term effects of marijuana use, signs that someone has been using marijuana, ways that marijuana affects driving ability, and possible harm marijuana may do to a person's brain.

• Partnership for a Drug-Free America

  The Partnership for a Drug-Free America® (PDFA) is a non-profit coalition of professionals from the communications industry. Through its national drug-education advertising campaign and other forms of media communication, the Partnership exists to help kids and teens reject substance abuse by influencing attitudes through persuasive information.

• Research Teen Drug Abuse

  The National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA)'s mission is to lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction. The Institute is organized into divisions and offices, each of which plays an important role in programs of drug abuse research.

• Teen Drug Help

  One of the most telling signs of a teen's increasing involvement with drugs is when drug use becomes part of the teen's daily life. Preoccupation with drugs can crowd out previously important activities, and the manner in which the teen views him or her self may change in unrealistic and inaccurate directions. Learn more about talking to teens about drug abuse and addiction.

• Teen Drug Help

  Teen Drug Help offers information on drugs and addiciton so parents can learn about ways to help their children.

• Teen Substance Addiction

  Abuse and addiction are not the same. Drug abuse always comes before addiction, which is a chronic and treatable disease. Drug abuse starts when your teen makes a conscious decision to take drugs. Used too often, drugs may cause your child to crave the substance.