Abortion rates are rising the fastest in young girls in Britain, some of them barely teenagers, official figures show.

Figures released Thursday by the Department of Health indicate that as many as 84 children underwent abortions every week in Wales and England in 2007. The figures also showed that three out of these 84 kids were below 14 years of age

The levels of tetrahydracannibinol (THC) in marijuana have reached a 30-year high, almost double the reading taken in 1983, a new study has revealed, raising concerns that the drug could now be more effective at triggering the changes in the brain that can lead to addiction.

A study conducted at the University of Mississippi revealed that the active ingredient in marijuana has risen over the decades. THC - the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana-has reached the highest-ever amounts since scientific analysis of the drug began in the late 1970s, according to a press release published by the Office of National Drug Control Policy

Two Spanish children have been sent to a mental health institution by their parents to get treatment for addiction to their mobile phones. The children had allegedly ceased to undertake normal activities without first having their phones.

The children, aged 12 and 13, were admitted to Child and Youth Mental Health Centre in Lleida, in northeastern Spain near Barcelona, three months ago. Their concerned parents brought them in after they spend an average of six hours a day on their phones, talking, texting or playing games

Today's teenagers appear to be more behaved than their counterparts 16 years ago. According to a Center for Disease Control and Prevention report, lesser adolescents now indulge in drinking, smoking or sex.

But some ethnic groups are more prone to juvenile delinquent behavior, particularly Hispanics, the study said. The CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which covered public and private high school students every two years since 1991, indicated Hispanic youths have greater tendencies to take drugs, get drunk on school premises and attempt suicide

What health warnings could not accomplish, taxes may. New York residents who could not give up the habit may finally surrender their packs with new state taxes of $1.25 expected to hike the cost to over $8 a pack in New York. The average cost is $5.82 across the states.

With the additional tax, the Big Apple residents would be paying $2.75 taxes per pack, the highest in the nation. The new revenue generating measure is expected to add $265 million annually to New York's coffers