Youth who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are at increased risk of getting into trouble with drugs and alcohol, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. It doesn’t matter whether kids with ADHD are being medicated for the condition. Researchers found that 35 percent of ADHD teens (whose average age in the study was 15) had used either alcohol or drugs, and 10 percent were clinically dependent. When the study looked at youth as a whole, only 3 percent suffered from addiction issues. ADHD kids were also twice as likely to smoke cigarettes as those without the diagnosis. (Futurity)

Paul Asay has covered religion for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for Plugged In and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He lives in Colorado Springs with wife, Wendy, and two children. Follow him on Twitter.