Public Health Perspectives

In this two-part series, Elena Vidrascu examines the potential consequences and correlations of screen time, attention, and substance abuse. Last time, she looked at whether we may be inadvertently increasing our children’s risk to drug and alcohol addiction later in life, specifically with how excessive screen time impacts the developing minds of youngsters growing up in the digital age. Today, she speaks with Dr. Melissa Cox, assistant professor at East Carolina University, to discuss media influences and risk of future substance use, and how parents can intervene.