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Partnership for a Drug Free America: Parents Guide to the Teen Brain
A complete guide to the development of the teenage brain. Find out about typical teenage behaviors, and the science behind their brain development that makes them act in certain ways.
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Cleveland Clinic: Adolescence
Learn how to navigate the adolescent years, including how to foster healthy conversations with your adolescent about peer pressure, body self-image, rape, and alcohol/drug abuse.
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National Crime Prevention Council: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Site provides great information for parents wanting to talk with their children about drugs and alcohol. Provides realistic and reasonable tips.
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Streetdrugs.org: Education Resources
Detailed information about individual drugs. Targets students, parents, teachers, law enforcement officials, and health professionals.
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Kids Health: About Kids Health
This page for the huge KidsHealth site gives you a jumping-off point and an overview of the site's content, purpose, and usage. With sections for parents, kids, and teens, KidsHealth has been online since 1995 and today it is accessed...
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Wnet: Thirteen: Pbs: Moyers on Addiction: Real Life Stories
PBS online presents six stories illustrating the struggle undergone by both adults and teens. Each individual story describes a unique perspective on the substance they abused and how it adversely affected their lives.
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Kids Health: How the Body Works
A colorful, interactive site for kids and teens. A holistic approach to learning about your body, including topics such as feelings, drugs, injuries, and other health issues. Available in Spanish.
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Arizona Bar Foundation: Law for Kids
Have a question about the law? Go to this site dedicated to teaching children about the law and to encouraging law-abiding behavior. Topics include driving laws, "Teen trouble", drug and alcohol laws, and more.
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Stanford University: Alcohol, Tobacco Staples of Movies
This site from Stanford University shows how you can learn how the entertainment industry sends both positive and negative messages concerning substance use through movies and music. This article summarizes government research that...
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Dea: Just Think Twice
The Drug Enforcement Administration website provides several sections of information designed to help teenagers and parents to get the facts about drugs in our society.
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Pbs: This Emotional Life: Adolescence
PBS offers comprehensive information on adolescence including facts on development, sexual health, body image, drugs and alcohol, and how to help yourself.
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Kids Health: Dealing With Addiction
Having an addiction can not only be unhealthy and expensive but it can also change who you are as a person. Since teenagers are still developing physically and mentally this can have a detrimental effect on who they will become. This...
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Kids Health: Heroin
Use this chart from Kids Health as a quick reference to information about heroin. Find out how it is used, what it's called, where it comes from, and what it does to your body.
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Do something.org
Do Something is a nationwide network of young people who know they can make a difference in their communities and take action to change the world around them. As part of Do Something, young people are asked what they want to do to make...
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Kids Health: Borracheras
This article on binge drinking presents many facts about binge drinking and the consequences of it.
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Kids Health: I'm Growing Up but Am I Normal?
Witnessing changes that take place on your body can sometimes be a confusing experience. Are the changes normal? Are you changing in ways unlike anyone else? This site may help to relieve some worries that an adolescent may be pondering....