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According to an estimate, almost half of US teens try marijuana before finishing high school. It badly affects school performance as well as sports and its long term use may lead to addiction. During 2002, more than a quarter million individuals opted for a drug rehab program and reported marijuana as their chief drug of abuse.

Though there are a lot of drug rehabilitation programs offerings in the centers throughout the country, only a few treatment programs have been specifically geared for marijuana abusers. The basic purpose of a teen drug rehab program is abstaining teenagers from drug abuse.  These programs help teenagers to become productive and overcome the withdrawal symptoms and health effects of the drug. Teenagers are constantly undergoing physical and mental changes and that’s why they are quite unique in that. Some teenagers have legal issues and they may have a compulsory drug rehab program. The thing that is considered quite important is relationships with family, friends and the community. Just like other rehab programs, a complete medical and psychiatric evaluation is made.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Millions of youngsters across Europe may have chances to experience whole or partial hearing loss after five years, if they keep on listening to MP3 players, at too high volume for more than five hours a week, European scientists warned.

The scientists’ study, attacked the concept of “leisure noise,” saying children and teenagers should be protected from high volume of sound and loud mobile phones are next target of criticism.

“There has been increasing concern about exposure from the new generation of personal music players which can reproduce sounds at very high volumes without loss of quality,” the Commission, the EU’s executive arm, said in a statement.