New research by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers looks at the specific ways parents and peers influence teenagers to smoke, drink and use marijuana in combination. Among their findings: attitudes toward smoking influenced teenagers’ use of multiple drugs (smoking, drinking and marijuana), and that this manifested itself differently in boys and girls. [continue reading…]
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Enjoy this bit of Saturday morning irreverence! Here is a song celebrating the USA’s proud ranking in the World Health Organization’s list of world health systems . We’re # 30 in Canada
Source: ( hat tip) Huffington Post
A new study by researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry shows that children with emotional difficulties are at higher risk for obesity in adult life. The results have been published today in the open access journal BMC Medicine.
Previous research has shown that low self-esteem and emotional problems are found in people who are overweight or obese – but not which influences which. continue reading
Source:Kings College London
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Daniel Engber’s Puff Daddies– (Slate) reveals a trend in baby boomers who are smoking marijuana.
Mom’s question caught me by surprise: “Have you ever tried marijuana?” she asked, sloshing her coffee around in a mug as we stood together in the kitchen. My mind went blank. Could this be the fabled “drug talk” that parents are supposed to give to their teenage children? If so, why was I getting it at 30?
It turned out my mother was less interested in my drug use than her own. When I told her I’d smoked pot in college, and a bunch of times since, she took the news in stride. The thing was, she and my father were hoping to score some weed. Did I know anybody? link to read full article
Source: Slate