Tag Archives: addictions
Forty-Nine Percent of U.S. Students Binge Drink
Forty-Nine Percent of U.S. Students Binge Drink By Emily Brown and James M. O’Neill March 15, 2007 (Bloomberg) — Forty-nine percent of U.S. college students indulge each month in binge drinking or drug use, abusing them at rates far higher than in the general population, according to a report. About 1.8 million students met the medical criteria for substance abuse or dependence in 2005, 2 1/2 times the national level, as they sought to relieve stress, improve mood or enhance performance, said the report, released today by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. The risky …
Startling look in the life of American adolescents
New Report – Startling look at substance abuse on an average day in the life of American adolescents Number of Adolescents Using Marijuana on an Average Day Vastly Exceeds Half of the Number of All Students Registered in New York City Schools On an average day, nearly 1.2 million teenagers smoked cigarettes, 631,000 drank, and 586,000 used marijuana, according to the latest data, in a first-of-a kind report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The report, which highlights the substance abuse behavior and addiction treatment activities that occur among adolescents on an average day, draws on …
Should Subject Abuse Treatment Programs be called Faith Based, Christian Based, or Secular Based?
Throughout my 28+ years of Christian ministry, I have been exposed to numerous methods used in treating thousands of substance abusers. It was only in recent years that the term, “faith-based” came into being. I was always concerned of its’ exact definition. I wondered why it was not just called “Christian-based.” Are we that afraid to attribute anything to Jesus Christ anymore? Calling substance abuse treatment “faith-based” instead of “Christian-based” opened up a door that I feel helped usher in what nowadays is a common running thread that blends many secular sounding “buzz words” with what the Bible clearly calls …
Beer Belongs?
Have you seen advertisements like this in leading magazines during the past years? Two or three young people appear in a happy social setting. Their facial expressions are joyful, and in their hands they hold an alcoholic beverage. In evidence are bottles bearing the name of a well-known beer. Across the bottom of such full page illustrations are sometimes printed the words “beer belongs”. The implication is clear. According to many advertisements, beer belongs in the home. It belongs to the social gathering. It enhances good fellowship. It provides for good times. It belongs in the company of carefree, fun …