Managing Sobriety During The Holidays
Managing sobriety during the holidays can be daunting, particularly for teenagers battling an addiction problem. Many people in the early stages of re...
Importance of Intervention: Depression Can Cause Future Teen Marijuana Use
Teen marijuana use isn’t exactly rare–by the time teens are seniors in high school, over 1 in 3 report having at least experimented with marij...
Guest Speaker, Dr. Aaron Wallis, Talks About Marijuana Use: What Teens Need to Know
Marijuana use is very common among today’s teens. As laws around medicinal and recreational cannabis use have changed in recent years, we beli...
Teen Substance Use Treatment Programming at Elevations RTC
Teen substance use is a growing concern affecting millions of families in the US. At Elevations RTC, when we have students struggling with substance u...
Substance Use Advertising on Social Media Affects Trends in Teens
It’s been over 60 years since Congress mandated health warnings be labeled on packs of cigarettes and 40 since advertising was banned on radio and t...
Peaks in Teenage Alcohol Use: Recognizing When It’s No Longer Recreational
Excessive teenage alcohol use is associated with self-medicating underlying emotional issues, sensation-seeking, identity exploration, and social lear...
Teen Marijuana Use Can Lead To Depression in the Future
Teens using marijuana is a greater issue now more than ever. Aside from the present issues with using the drug, marijuana use can have long-term negat...
Teens Using Drugs: A Hidden, Unseen Side of Higher Education
Recent studies show that there are many unexpected young adults and teens using drugs: college students. Being in college can be stressful and hard. I...
Summer: The Season for Teen Drinking and Recklessness
Summer is just around the corner. This season generally brings about thoughts of lounging in the sun, swimming in the ocean, and relaxing with the fam...
Synthetic Marijuana Use in Teens Related to Riskier Behavior
As a parent, you probably worry about your teen smoking a lot of things, but “fake weed” probably isn’t one of them–it should be, though. ...