The Helping Hobo: Teen Drug Use

The Helping Hobo: Teen Drug Use
The Helping Hobo in his debut for Health Class purposes.

Bill Carpenter has used his energy and ideas to help Brockton
In 2007, Carpenter told committee members that not enough is being done to help city teens battling addiction. He became overwhelmed with emotion as he told the panel how his son, now 25 and in recovery, became addicted to drugs at 15, and how it … Read more on Enterprise News

Illiteracy Awareness Campaign Ending With Municipal Elections
"You fix third grade reading scores so that everybody is reading on grade level by the end of third grade, you're going to have an impact on unemployment, the dropout rate, teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, and entry into the criminal justice … Read more on WUNC

Bariatric Surgery Safe in Very Obese Teens
Severely obese teens who underwent weight-loss surgery had a low number of short-term complications following treatment, researchers found. Among a sample of teens who received gastric bypass, vertical sleeve gastrectomy, or adjustable gastric banding, … Read more on MedPage Today