{"id":17375,"date":"2017-03-14T15:57:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T15:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=17375"},"modified":"2017-03-14T15:57:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T15:57:46","slug":"teenagers-replacing-drugs-smartphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2017\/03\/teenagers-replacing-drugs-smartphones\/","title":{"rendered":"Are teenagers replacing drugs with smartphones?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/smartphoneUSE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"223\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/smartphoneUSE.jpg 350w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/smartphoneUSE-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><br \/>\nResearchers are pursuing the possibility that teenagers are using drugs less because they are constantly stimulated and entertained by their computers and phones.<\/p>\n<p>The possibility is worth exploring, they say, because use of smartphones and tablets has exploded over the same period that drug use has declined. This correlation does not mean that one phenomenon is causing the other, but scientists say interactive media appears to play to similar impulses as drug experimentation, including sensation-seeking and the desire for independence.<\/p>\n<p>Or it might be that gadgets simply absorb a lot of time that could be used for other pursuits, including partying.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drugabuse.gov\/about-nida\/directors-page\/biography-dr-nora-volkow\" target=\"_blank\">Nora Volkow<\/a>, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, says she plans to begin research on the topic in the next few months, and will convene a group of scholars in April to discuss it.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/03\/13\/health\/teenagers-drugs-smartphones.html?\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers are pursuing the possibility that teenagers are using drugs less because they are constantly stimulated and entertained by their<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":17377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Are teenagers replacing drugs with smartphones? 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