Welcome to Drug and Alcohol Treatment
| ||
Drug Treatment Drug Overdose Treatment Article
This is a selection made from among articles on Drug Treatment Drug Overdose Treatment. For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for future reading, click here.
Teen Drug Addiction
from:It’s no secret that drug addiction is a powerful disease, but when teens become addicted to drugs, it’s much more serious. Drugs affect a teen’s body in different ways. Plus when teens are dealing with drug addiction, it’s much more difficult to maintain a clean and sober lifestyle as they get older.
Kids are being exposed to drugs at an increasingly younger age. Studies show that by the time children get into 8th grade, nearly 35 percent have at least tried drugs. The number of teens who become addicted to drugs is at 20 percent: and that’s way too many!
Teens are more prone to drug addiction because of life circumstances. Many teen get overwhelmed at the everyday struggles of life. Many teens have low self-esteem, anxiety, an inability to express feelings, and lack of control over their lives. All of these contribute greatly to drug use and eventually drug addiction.
Drugs kill the pain of an ordinary, mundane life. They destroy physical and emotional pain by changing the addict’s perception of reality. Drugs make the addict numb to the pain, hopelessness, or loneliness that they feel their life has become.
Do you suspect your teen has a drug addiction? Some of the more common signs of drug addiction in teens include:
* Dramatic changes in behavior
* Dull, glassy eyes
* Excessive tiredness
* Failing in school
* Lying or stealing
* Isolation or loss of interest in activities
What do you do when you suspect your teen is struggling with a drug addiction? First, trust your instincts. If you feel there is a problem, there probably is. Find a safe time when you can talk freely with your teen and be honest with them about your concerns. Try to be open-minded about what they are telling you and be sympathetic to their perception of their problems.
Tell your teen what you are feeling about their drug addiction. You are probably worried, scared, and frightened about what might happen to them. Try not to be judgmental or angry: this will only cause them to shut down. You can also talk about personal observations or experience you have with drugs. While you may be hesitant to do this, it will make you more human in your teen’s eyes.
Often, those closest to your teen – meaning you – find it easy to deny that their teen has a drug problem. When it comes to teen drug addiction, you can’t do this. It’s important that you get them help as soon as possible. Don’t give up and try not to be discouraged if your initial attempts fail. Eventually, you’ll get through and then you and your teen can start fighting drug addiction together.
Drug Treatment Drug Overdose Treatment Specific links
Drug Treatment Drug Overdose Treatment News
Amid praise for Christie drug-treatment plan, big challenges, too
For three years, Marc DiGiovannantonio's parents watched the Washington Township High School graduate - a member of the bowling and golf teams - transform into someone who nodded off at all hours and stole everything from his mother's engagement ring to his sister's clothes to pay for opiates, said his father, Jim.
Read more...Drug-overdose antidote is put into addicts' hands
Free distribution of naloxone to addicts and their loved ones may have saved more than 10,000 lives, survey suggests
Read more...Craig Reinarman: We cannot incarcerate our way out of our drug problems
We all know people who have messed themselves up with drugs. For the past century, the conventional U.
Read more...Training to help save East Lancashire drug users
A PILOT project is being trialled to help train families of drug users to administer potentially life-saving medication.
Read more...Tennessee Struggles With Prescription Drug Abuse Problem
Prescriptions for controlled substances in Tennessee jumped 23 percent from 2010 to 2011, the Associated Press reports. The increase occurred despite efforts to address the state’s prescription drug abuse epidemic.
Read more...Vt. lawmakers debate drug data access by police
Gov. Peter Shumlin in his State of the State address in January cited an "epidemic" of prescription drug abuse in Vermont as justification for allowing police to get access without search warrants to a Health Department database that tracks the medicines Vermont doctors are prescribing for their patients.
Read more...Iowa man pleads guilty to federal heroin charge
An eastern Iowa man accused of supplying heroin to an overdose patient at a drug treatment facility has pleaded guilty to a federal charge.
Read more...Troy man's heroin overdose leads to drug charges
A 21-year-old Troy man who suffered a suspected heroin overdose Saturday was arrested on felony drug charges.
Read more...Narconon Arrowhead offers Solutions in Dire Time of Increasing Drug Deaths
A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report reveals extraordinary loss of life due to prescription drug abuse in New Mexico and West Virginia.Canadian, OK (PRWEB) May 19, 2012 Recent figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveal the extraordinary loss of life to prescription drug overdoses is being suffered by families in some states. This report shows ...
Read more...ABC5 WOI-DT News, Weather, Sports in Des Moines, IAIowa man pleads guilty to federal heroin charge
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - An eastern Iowa man accused of supplying heroin to an overdose patient at a drug treatment facility has pleaded guilty to a federal charge.
Read more...