Teens and young adults who see alcohol promotions in their social media feeds are more likely to drink and binge drink, according to a Rutgers Health review of 31 studies that tracked links between ...

Examining genetic, family, and personality characteristics may help identify those who are at high risk for drinking and ...

Alcohol and cannabis use among Europe’s teens continue to fall, yet new digital and behavioral risks are gaining ground, ...

While vaping among middle school teens is on the rise nationwide among older teens it has declined significantly. Those teens ...

Two researchers from the University at Buffalo School of Nursing, Weijun Wang, principal research scientist, and Jennifer Livingston, associate professor, recently published an article in Psychology ...

(The Upshot) ; (The New Health Care): I’m a pediatrician, and when I see adolescents in my clinic, I ask them if they are drinking alcohol (among other risky activities). Does counseling help ...

Drug and alcohol use associated with increased adolescent firearm homicide Substance use is associated with an increased risk of adolescent firearm homicide. Drug and alcohol use at the individual, ...

The first-ever survey of adolescent alcohol and drug abuse to recognize youths of mixed race or ethnicity has found that such kids hover closest to white adolescents in the rate at which they suffer ...