While it is common for people to try alcohol in adolescence, alcohol use in teens can be detrimental to health and may affect brain development and mental health. While teens usually drink less often ...

More than half of high school seniors used alcohol this year. Researchers who study substance use among young people had wondered whether drops in use of alcohol and other drugs during the COVID-19 ...

What parents need to know about a new study linking cannabis, nicotine and alcohol use among high schoolers to suicidal thoughts. (iStock/Getty Images Plus) So what can you take away from this? Here’s ...

Heavy binge drinking isn't just a college problem, researchers affirmed, finding that most teen alcohol use that escalated to having 10 or more drinks in a row reached that level rapidly during the ...

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 ...

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

Adolescents with alcohol problems often manifest impulsive, aggressive, and antisocial behaviors. One type of adult alcoholism (Type II) is likewise characterized by antisocial behavior, and may be ...

Peer pressure hasn’t gone away. It’s just gone digital. Through surveys of more than 260 high school freshmen and sophomores, FIU Center for Children and Families researchers found friends still hold ...

For alcohol consumption, stronger associations were found for adolescents aged 16 years and older and for exposure to user generated content compared with marketer generated content. And spending at ...

Share on Pinterest Cannabis use among teens isn’t on the rise, but misuse of the substance has increased. Javi Julio Photography/Getty Images Researchers report that misuse of cannabis among ...