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	Teens' escape from reality is a bad trip By Carly Decker, 15, Victoria Sahm, 17 The temptation of drugs and alcohol can start at an early age. According to a University of Michigan study, more than half of high school students will use illicit drugs by the time they graduate. Rachel and Chris are two teens who felt the allure of drugs and alcohol in high school. Now in treatment, they are overcoming their addictions with the help of their families and the Pathway Family Cente
	Football still a closed sport to many girls By Xiamara Hohman, 15, Carly Decker, 16 "Girls can do anything boys can do." Visit any playground in the United States, and you are almost guaranteed to hear this phrase being shouted by a handful of girls. Times have changed from when the only sport girls could participate in was croquet. Title IX of the federal Education Amendments of 1972 requires girls and boys to have equal opportunities to participate in sports. But while the play
	Student tells of living with bipolar disorder By Carly Decker, 17, Brian Reissaus, 17 Bipolar disorder is a condition that causes drastic swings in sufferers' moods and outlook. Zack Lamm, 22, a computer programming student at ITT Tech, has been living with the disorder since his teens. Here is his story: "It is like a curse. I've learned a lot more about myself because I've had to basically dig deep down inside myself and try to understand what part of me is the illness and what p
	Bipolar patients can learn to live with disorder By Lisa Callahan, 16, Carly Decker, 17, Brian Reissaus, 17 Bipolar disorder has been described as a roller coaster, with manic highs and depressive lows. "In a manic period, there's really no sleep involved -- like you stay up for a long time. It can be very productive. You can get things done for a while, then you start to lose your focus and you can't pay attention, and you just start to kind of come apart at the seams," says Zack Lamm, 22, an ITT Tech
	Girls describe life with epilepsy By Carly Decker, 18, , O n Jan. 2, 2000, Christina Vogt, 14, awoke from a restless sleep to see her parents gazing at her with worried expressions. "I had been up real late the night before, and I hadn't had much sleep. I just had seizure after seizure, like five seizures in a row," said the Lawrence Township student. "We couldn't figure out what was wrong with me." After a series of tests, neurol ogists diagnosed epile