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Without proper motivation, few teens would master algebraic equations, read Proust, play the saxophone, learn Spanish, or even put gas in the family minivan. How many teens are self-motivated, and how many need that little extra push?

In 2002, 1 in 12 Americans aged 12 and older admitted that they currently use illicit drugs. That’s a startling figure, but what do Gallup Poll data tell us about the relative severity of the drug problem in the United States compared to ...

Teenagers walk a fine line between childhood and adulthood, often tripping back and forth over it for years. During adolescence, teens begin to compare themselves with those around them, define their world, and consider where they fit into it. ...

In early October, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the Bush administration's appeal of a 9th U.S. Circuit Court ruling that allows doctors to freely discuss medicinal marijuana with their patients without penalty. While the case does not ...

U.S. marijuana laws are currently more stringent than those in many other developed countries. Although U.S. laws are relatively strict, they do reflect most Americans' attitudes.

Heinous as the idea may be to most Americans, child abuse remains fairly widespread in the United States. The most recent report on child maltreatment from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reports that approximately 903,000 ...

Are kids who talk with strangers on the Internet more likely to engage in other risky behaviors? A Gallup Youth Survey sheds some light on this question.

The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign launched a set of television ads this year aimed at debunking teens' perceptions that marijuana is a harmless drug. The timing is good: government data show that marijuana use is on the rise among U.S. ...

As tensions between the United States and Europe mount -- along with talk of punitive boycotts -- will U.S. companies feel the pinch? Will French and German businesses suffer declining sales in the U.S.? It's possible, and sales managers must ...

Canadians today have a more liberal point of view regarding marijuana use than they did in the midst of the swinging '70s.