Diaries of a Teenage Mother

04/17/09 • 7 min

The following podcast is a brief introduction to my own experience as a teen mom. I am very passionate about advocating proactive vs.reactive choices to teens when it comes to making life altering decisions. I plan on creating a multi-part series based on my experiences. I hope you enjoy.

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Meth Adiction PSA's

Speed, meth, chalk, crystal, ice, glass. These are all names for the drug methamphetamine. Methamphetamine comes in many different forms and is snorted, swallowed,injected, or smoked. They have discovered that even three years after long-time methamphetamine users had quit using the drug, their dopamine neurons were still damaged. Scientists don’t know yet whether this damage is permanent,but this research shows that changes in the brain from methamphetamine use can last a long time. Research with animals has shown that the drug methamphetamine can also damage neurons that contain serotonin. This damage also continues long after the drug use is stopped.

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True Life: An Interview With a Former LRA Captive

IRIN Radio has been recording the stories of some of the thousands of ordinary Ugandan women, whose lives have been torn apart by extraordinary levels of suffering.These intimate testimonies illustrate the courage and determination of women to put an end to the violence and inhumanity that has scarred the lives of so many in Uganda. The public sharing of the stories is also an attempt to counter the silence and stigma normally associated with abductees and ordinary people, who witnessed atrocities they were in no position to prevent.