===== Risk Assessment & Preventive Education =====

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**Adolescent Risk-Taking: Channeling the "Sensation Seeking" Drive**
  * Journal of Research on Adolescence, Duell et al. / 2025: [[https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jra|Positive Risk Taking in Adolescence: Channeling Sensation Seeking]]
  * National Geographic, Dobbs / 2024: [[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/teenage-brains|Beautiful Brains: Why Teens Take Risks (and Why We Should Let Them)]]

**Substance Abuse Prevention: Vaping and Cannabis Education**
  * National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Monitoring the Future / 2025: [[https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/trends-statistics/monitoring-future|Teen Drug Use Trends: Vaping and Cannabis Use in Boys]]
  * Truth Initiative, Prevention Team / 2024: [[https://truthinitiative.org/research-resources/quitting-smoking-vaping|This is Quitting: Text-Based Vaping Cessation for Teens]]

**Sexual Health & Consent: Building Respectful Relationships**
  * Planned Parenthood, Education Resources / 2025: [[https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/teens|Talking to Sons About Consent, Boundaries, and Respect]]
  * American Journal of Sexuality Education, Meta-Analysis / 2024: [[https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/wajs20|Comprehensive Sex Ed: Reducing Risk and Promoting Healthy Masculinity]]

**Safety & Decision Making: The Prefrontal Cortex Gap**
  * Child Mind Institute, Ehmke / 2025: [[https://childmind.org/article/teenage-brain-scouting-report/|The Teenage Brain: Why Smart Kids Do Dumb Things]]
  * Center for Parent and Teen Communication, Ginsburg / 2024: [[https://parentandteen.com/|Building Resilience: Guiding Teens Toward Safe Decision Making]]