{"id":56871,"date":"2015-07-24T22:13:07","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T14:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=56871"},"modified":"2015-07-24T22:13:07","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T14:13:07","slug":"drugs-screen-time-both-effect-kids-emotional-well-being-p-e-i-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/24\/drugs-screen-time-both-effect-kids-emotional-well-being-p-e-i-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Drugs, screen time both effect kids\u2019 emotional well being: P.E.I. report"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11411\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/illegal-drugs-meth-shabu-cocaine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11411\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/illegal-drugs-meth-shabu-cocaine.jpg\" alt=\"(Shutterstock image)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/illegal-drugs-meth-shabu-cocaine.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/illegal-drugs-meth-shabu-cocaine-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/illegal-drugs-meth-shabu-cocaine-600x448.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Shutterstock image)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CHARLOTTETOWN \u2013 A new report on student drug use in Prince Edward Island suggests youth who use tobacco, drugs and alcohol have lower self-esteem than those who do not.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Carolyn Sanford of the province\u2019s chief public health office said students who report using substances also show lower emotional well-being and academic achievement, and increased bullying behaviours.<\/p>\n<p>Sanford said the report surveyed students in grades 6 to 12 for the last nine years.<\/p>\n<p>Alcohol was the most prevalent substance used, though almost a quarter of students in grades 7 to 12 reported using another drug such as marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Factors such as screen time were also considered, with 85 per cent of students reporting they exceed the recommended two hours of screen time per day.<\/p>\n<p>Those students also reported lower self-esteem and emotional well-being than those who spent less time on screens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLOTTETOWN \u2013 A new report on student drug use in Prince Edward Island suggests youth who use tobacco, drugs and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":11411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-56871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-original","mauthors-the-canadian-press1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}