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We are talking about the origin of drug addiction and knocking on deaths door all the way down this dangerous road. Kids flirt with cheap highs as young as 9. Often something is missing at home and the choices a kid makes paves the way to drug and alcohol abuse. Years can pass while parents miss or deny the signs of drug abuse. Inhalants ranging from a simple “dust off” computer cleaner to a wide range of aerosol, glue and fuel huffing is a common start. Websites promote parental involvement as the deterrent. See The National Inhalant Prevention Coalition, Drug and Alcohol Scene and Parents: The Anti Drug. This is all great! Talk to your kids! …while you still can. Kids that don’t get the right attention probably don’t have two fully conscious parents working together. Even if we are half conscious to the fact, kids find ways to get high. The medicine cabinet is another source of opportunity. Many don’t realize that addiction to street opiates starts with the abuse of legal opiate based drugs. Keep prescriptions secure and monitor the pain medication a doctor prescribes for your kids injury. Statistics indicate that in 2009, 8 million serious drug addicts, whom were kids have slipped through the cracks. Some are still kids. We still deal with them. Our communities deal with them. By then its tough love. If that doesn’t work, the tough love they will get on the streets is brutal. Dadonfire supports a world of recovery. links by M. Slivinski.
It is easy to have high expectations for a teen coming home from some kind of treatment for their addiction, but what they need to know, is how important they are to their recovery — that failure is not the end and success is up to them. Substance use disorder creates stress for a family and there is no guarantee of the outcome of recovery without diligence. You know who your teen is. What comes after treatment is more work. Finding ways to deal with it are critical. There are resources everywhere and the web is a good place to start, even to find a meeting. There are also, ways for the whole family to just “be” that enhances the success of a teen’s recovery. To see a 9 point list of what I recommend for a family welcoming home an addicted loved one, CLICK HERE.
Moms United to End the War on Drugs & Students for Sensible Drug Policy
Rally & Vigil Join us to call attention to the devastation of the war on drugs and prohibition @ Chuco’s Justice Center, 1137 E. Rodondo Blvd., Inglewoood, CA, June 18, 2011 – all day – starting @ 1 pm
A New PATH /Los Angeles is co-sponsoring with SSDP an all day festival SATURDAY JUNE 18TH; collaborating with 27 other drug war activist and advocacy groups to present 2 panels of speakers, poetry readings, candlelight vigil – ending the evening with live music till midnight! For more information
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