First Study To Link Bullying And Substance Abuse Finds Girls Who Are Bullied Are At Risk For Substance Use Through …
Both boys and girls who are victims of bullying, including bullying through e-mail and the internet, are at elevated risk for depression. However, according to a new study, adolescent girls may engage in substance use as a result of bullying-related depression,. As schools reopen following the holidays, the message to parents of adolescent girls is that bullying can have serious consequences:”If …
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Is Carver’s teen alcohol problem out of the ordinary?
In the days following the report that a 14-year-old Carver teen had been found unresponsive in the snowy woods off Center Street with a blood alcohol level over four times the legal limit, the question of whether the town has a teen alcohol problem has been on many residents’ minds. Carver Police Chief Michael Miksch offered the blunt assessment that while he doesn’t believe the town has a more …
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