Anxiety and Mindfulness

Prescription Drug Abuse Affects our Teens

According to the 2015 Pulaski High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey 15% of PHS students have reported taking a prescription drug without a doctors prescription, 8% of the students reported doing this 30 days prior to taking the survey.  7% of PHS students reported taking an over-the-counter drug to get high.  To learn more about Prescription Drug Abuse, watch this short video.

Talking with Teens about Marijuana

If Legal, Is Marijuana Safe for Teens?

In this article, If Legal, Is Marijuana Safe for Teens, there are a lot of good ideas for conversations with teenagers that claim that there isn't anything wrong with smoking Marijuana.

Marijuana Use and Teens

Did You Know Marijuana Use in Teens Can Decrease Verbal IQ?

Read this article (click on link below) to gain information on how alcohol, and other drugs can affect the brain, and why teenagers are more susceptible.

Why Teens are Impulsive, Addiction Prone and Should Protect Their Brains

What's wrong with Marijuana?

In January, 2015 students at Pulaski High School took the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). 11.1 % of PHS students surveyed had used Marijuana in the 30 days prior to taking the survey, in the state of Wisconsin based on the YRBS 17 % of students had reported smoking marijuana 30 days prior to taking the survey. 19.8% of PHS students have reported having tried Marijuana, and 5% of those students tried it before the age of 13.  Many students will argue that there isn't anything wrong with smoking marijuana; and with some states legalizing it, the dangers of smoking marijuana are minimized in the eyes of a lot of people. Get informed about Marijuana by reading the following article: http://www.addiction.com/4177/marijuana-and-teenage-brains/

The Dangers of Marijuana and Teenage Brains

Facts about addiction

Alcohol...Let's Start Talking About It!

According to the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) taken by Pulaski High School Students:

• 32.2 % of students reported drinking alcohol during the 30 days before the survey was given.
• 16.9 % of students reported having had 5 or more drinks (binge drinking) during the 30 days before the survey was given.
• 59.9 % of the students reported that they feel their parents think drinking alcohol at least 2x/month is wrong or very wrong.

Excessive alcohol consumption is the 3rd leading cause of preventable death in the United States.

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