Although heroin and cocaine had been wreaking havoc among the population already, marijuana was christened as the official 'threat to youth' in 1936. Since then, it seems like nearly everything in life has been declared a threat to youth -- but, surprisingly enough, drugs don't really cause as much trouble for young people as we are led to believe. |
All of us were part of 'the children' once -- and 100 million of us have tried marijuana | |||
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Year | Headline | Publication | Issue Date |
1924 | Saving youth from heroin and crime | Literary Digest | May 24 |
1936 | Marihuana menaces youth | Scientific American | Mar |
1938 | Marijuana, assassin of youth | Reader's Digest | Feb |
1938 | Youth gone loco; villain is marijuana | Christian Century | Jun 29 |
1950 | Narcotics and youth | Newsweek | Nov 20 |
1951 | New York wakes up to find 15,000 teen-age dope addicts | Newsweek | Jan 29 |
1951 | High and light; narcotic addiction among teen-agers | Time | Feb 26 |
1951 | Children in peril | Life | Jun 11 |
1951 | Teen-age dope addicts: new problem? | US News | Jun 29 |
1951 | Narcotic addiction among teen-agers | Survey | Jul |
1951 | Child dope addicts | Science News Letter | Jul 14 |
1951 | Save them in advance; teen-age drug addiction | Colliers | Aug 5 |
1951 | Heroin and adolescents | Newsweek | Aug 13 |
1951 | Our youth and narcotics | Today's Health | Oct |
1951 | Facts about our teen-age drug addicts | Reader's Digest | Oct |
1953 | Your child may be hooked | Look | Jun 30 |
1953 | Drug addiction among adolescents | Saturday Review | Sep 19 |
1954 | Juvenile delinquency; narcotic factor | Congressional Digest | Dec |
1957 | Sniffing the deadly; liquid glue | Newsweek | Dec 16 |
1958 | Our teen-age drug addicts | Ladies Home Journal | Mar |
1960 | What makes teens try dope? | Parents | Feb |
1962 | New kick; glue sniffing | Time | Feb 16 |
1962 | New addicts; teen-agers hooked on goofballs, glue and cough medicine | Newsweek | Aug 13 |
1963 | Glue-sniffing; an adolescent craze | Consumer Reports | Jan |
1965 | Pot-picking time; boys arrested for growing marijuana in Carpinteria, California | Newsweek | May 17 |
1965 | Drug puzzle: student use of drugs | Mile | Aug |
1966 | Growing peril; teenage use of drugs for kicks | Good Housekeeping | May |
1966 | LSD helps severely disturbed children | Science News | May 14 |
1967 | Child on drugs | NY Times Magazine | Aug 20 |
1967 | LSD: growing menace to teenagers | Parents | Nov |
1967 | Getting tough with pot; marijuana smokers discovered at New Jersey's Hun preparatory school | Time | Dec 8 |
1968 | Pot and parents; high school kids smoking marijuana | Time | Aug 30 |
1969 | Your adolescent's health; drug abuse among teenagers | PTA Magazine | Feb |
1969 | Town in trouble; plague of drugs among kids in California | Life | Mar 21 |
1969 | Drug generation; growing younger | Newsweek | Apr 21 |
1969 | Kid-killers: a night with the drugged children of America | National Review | May 6 |
1970 | Kids and heroin: the adolescent epidemic | Time | Mar 16 |
1970 | How can you tell if your child is taking drugs? | Look | Apr 7 |
1971 | Pot: your kids will encounter it so be prepared | Business Week | Dec 4 |
1972 | Legal drug abuse hurts young | Science Digest | Nov |
1973 | Schools should screen students for heroin use | Today's Education | Mar |
1973 | Will your child be hooked on drugs? | Better Homes & Gardens | Jun |
1973 | Should we turn our son in? | Good Housekeeping | Sep |
1973 | Adolescent marijuana use: role of parents and peers | Science | Sep 14 |
1974 | Miracle that misfired: mood-altering drugs prescribed for overactive children | Good Housekeeping | Jan |
1974 | Why young people are giving up drugs | McCall's | Sep |
1974 | Drugging the American child: we're too cavalier about hyperactivity | Psychology Today | Dec |
1974 | Slavish reliance on drugs: are we pushers for our own children? | Psychology Today | Dec |
1975 | Drug users vs. drug abusers: how students control their drug crisis | Psychology Today | Oct |
1975 | Alcohol and marijuana: spreading menace among teen-agers | US News | Nov 24 |
1979 | Detecting drugs in school: the legality of scent dogs and strip searches | Phi Delta Kappan | Dec |
1981 | Are kids turning away from drugs? | Newsweek | Mar 2 |
1982 | Youth moderating usage | USA Today | Jun |
1984 | Teen drug use drops, but problem remains | Science News | Feb 18 |
1984 | Eighth grade students are using drugs, study says | Jet | Oct 15 |
1985 | Teen drug use -- except cocaine -- falls | Science News | Jan 19 |
1985 | Are you sure your child isn't on drugs? | Good Housekeeping | May |
1985 | Inhalant abuse: an emerging problem among Mexican American adolescents | Child Today | Jul/Aug |
1986 | Have you talked to your kids about crack? | Redbook | Nov |
1985 | Teen drug use: ups and downs | Science News | Nov 16 |
1985 | Teen drug abuse -- the news is bad | US News | Nov 18 |
1986 | In-school drug tests: right or wrong? | Seventeen | Dec |
1987 | This is what you thought: 56% say kids should report drug-using parents | Glamour | Mar |
1987 | "We're teaching our kids to use drugs" | Reader's Digest | Nov |
1988 | A scary mix of kids and steroids | US News | Dec 26 |
1989 | An outbreak of teen alcoholism | People | Jan 16 |
1989 | Drinking, drugs and children | Parents | Mar |
1990 | Is your child hooked on drugs or alcohol? | Better Homes and Gardens | Feb |
1990 | Teenager's drug use drops | Science News | Feb 24 |
1990 | Declaring war on drugs: teens fight back | 'Teen | Oct |
1991 | Bitter pills: teens and appetite suppressants | American Health | Jul/Aug |
1992 | Major drop in high school drug use, study reveals | Jet | Feb 24 |
1992 | The new teenage drug danger [human growth hormore] | McCall's | Sep |
1993 | Stripping students of their rights [school drug searches] | Phi Delta Kappan | Feb |
1994 | The rising use of drugs by teens: what parents can do | Good Housekeeping | Apr |
1994 | Biceps in a bottle: teenagers turn to steroids to build muscle | Maclean's | May 2 |
1995 | Use of illegal drugs up among youth across U.S.: University of Michigan poll | Jet | Jan 9 |
1995 | Drugs in the '90s: is your child safe? | McCall's | Apr |
1995 | Teaching your child about drugs & alcohol | Parents | Oct |
1995 | A risky Rx for fun [taking Ritalin recreationally] | Newsweek | Oct 30 |
1996 | Is your child "huffing"? | Reader's Digest | May |
1996 | Why more young people are using drugs | Jet | Sep 9 |
1996 | Kids & pot | Time | Dec 9 |
1996 | They're toking up for algebra class | US News | Dec 30 |
1997 | "I had no idea my child was on drugs" | Ladies Home Journal | Mar |
1997 | How to raise drug-free kids | Reader's Digest | Apr |
1997 | I was addicted to pot | 'Teen | May |
1997 | Teens on heroin | 'Teen | Oct |
1997 | Is your kid on K? [ketamine] | Time | Oct 20 |
1998 | Generation wired: caffeine is the new drug of choice for kids | Nation | Apr 27 |
1999 | What really keeps kids off drugs | McCall's | Apr |
2001 | Teen Ecstasy use up, cocaine and LSD use down | USA Today (Periodical) | Apr |
2001 | Would you break the law to save your kids? | Redbook | Aug |
2001 | Teen drug use higher in U.S. than Europe | Society | Sep/Oct |
2001 | Generation Rx | Parents | Nov |
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