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According to the Nielson Company, more than 2,000 text messages are sent by the average teenager per month. This tendency to excessively text is leading to sleep deprivation, anxiety, stunted maturation, and other problems for many teens. To learn more about the warning signs and negative effects of excessively texting, as well as what to do if you have a texting problem, read on… 

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Check out ThinkLikeAPancreas.com, our sister site geared toward teens with Type 1 diabetes. 

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Drinking hard liquor is worse for you than drinking beer.

Many scientists and professional researchers consider marijuana to be a “Gateway” drug.

You only have an alcohol problem if you need to get drunk everyday.

More than 6.3 million children under age 18 alive today will eventual die from smoking-related disease, unless current rates are reversed.  

Next to marijuana, the most common illegal drugs teens are using to get high are prescription medications.

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The motor vehicle death rate for male drivers and passengers ages 16-19 is more than one and half times that of their female counterparts. 

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