By being involved with children in their community, adults can prevent kids from engaging in risky behaviors such as alcohol and drug use. Get involved in your community. A seventeen year-old Philadelphia girl died from an auto accident after inhaling computer keyboard cleaner. The corner ruled that the inhalant probably caused her to lose consciousness prior to crashing. An increasing number of kids across America are using inhalants, common household cleaners, to get high.
Inhalant abuse can result in death from the very first use.
Pokemon character, Pikachu, has been stamped on Ecstasy pills laced with PCP found in northern Virginia. Using a popular character on pills could be a sign that drug dealers are marketing to kids in the Pokemon age group. A recent study released at a World Health Organization meeting found that American teens are more likely to smoke marijuana and use other illicit drugs than their European counterparts. While they are more likely to smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol, only 17 percent of European 10th graders reported marijuana use, compared to 41 percent of American 10th graders. Today's marijuana is more powerful, posing serious long-term health risks, according to a new study in the British Journal of Psychiatry.