Too much TV watching, video games and internet surfing makes children more likely to develop multiple health conditions such as obesity, U.S. researchers said.

Researchers compared 173 studies made since 1980 till to date to understand the reason that how electronic media cast effect on the children health.

The most studies, focused on TV but few looked for other electronic media as well. Most of the studies concluded that viewing of electronic media overall have adverse effects on health.

The studies give proves that children obsessed with media watching may get obese, start smoking and may involve in immature sexual activities than those who spend far less time in front of screen. Researcher also added, previous record also indicate the early drug and alcohol addiction and poor performance in class.

The results of a large scale study show that nearly half of US teenagers become the victim of marijuana abuse before finishing high school. This abuse badly affects a lot of aspects of their lives and it often leads them to addiction. According to an estimate, around a quarter million individuals chose a drug abuse program and mentioned marijuana as their main drug of abuse in 2006.

We can see a large number of drug rehabilitation programs are being offered in the centers all around the country, but there are only a few treatment programs for marijuana abusers. To abstain teens from drug abuse is the major aim of a teen drug rehab program. Such types of programs help teenagers to be productive and overcome the withdrawal symptoms and health effects of the drug.  During teenage, there are frequent physical and mental changes in the teens and that’s why it’s somewhat easier to treat them. Some teenager face legal issues and they need to have a compulsory drug rehab program. In teen drug rehab programs, relationships with family, friends and community play an important role in recovery. In these programs, a complete medical and psychiatric evaluation is made like many other such programs.