Methamphetamine goes by at least three popular names -- meth, speed, and chalk; sometimes people will also refer to it as ice or crystal, crank or glass. No matter what the name, you should be able to recognize the various symptoms of meth use.
In 2008 in the U.S., 7,500 teenagers drank alcohol for the first time; 4,360 teenagers used an illicit drug for the first time; 3,900 teenagers smoked cigarettes and nearly as many, 3,700, smoked marijuana, all for the first time. In a study known as "A Day in the Life American Adolescents: Substance Use Facts Update," conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), this is a stark approximation of what's happening in the adolescent life of Americans aged 12 to 17 years.
How do you know when a person is using marijuana? Such information might be invaluable for employers, teachers, parents, and friends who suspect someone they care about or work with might have a problem. If a person uses marijuana only occasionally, then you're not likely to be able to tell. For instance, do you know if someone was drunk the night before? The person might simply have a headache, or stayed up too late or overslept. In other words, there are any number of symptoms which may lead you to suspect someone is using a drug or alcohol, but there's no way to be absolutely certain.
The definition of binge drinking, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is as follows: Drinking five or more drinks within a few hours of each other on at least one day in the past thirty days (this statistic is for males; for females, four drinks or more is considered a binge). Such drinking, over time, creates a number of significant health problems, and studies throughout the last decade emphasize the serious nature of this problem.
