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Teen Drug Abuse

May 7th, 2008 • Category: News

Great article on teens and drug abuse.

http://soberteens.blogspot.com/2008/05/teen-drug-abuse.html 

2 Responses »

  1. Understand Your Teen on May 18th, 2008 at 1:14 am:

    I think it’s really important for parents to have a relationship with their teen and try to help them avoid drugs. My childhood friend died from a drug incident and burying my friend really did change my entire outlook on life.

    I started a website dedicated to helping parents better understand their teens so that they can truly be more effective parents. It’s important for parents to understand what goes on in the teenage world, to make sure their teen is comfortable talking to them about anything, and to really be vigilant about trying to HELP their teens navigate the dangerous world of teen years.

    My blog posting below relates to this article and I think it’d really be a helpful resource for parents to better help their teens avoid drug tragedies like that which my childhood friend died from.

    I think it’s really important for parents to have a relationship with their teen and try to help them avoid drugs. My childhood friend died from a drug incident and burying my friend really did change my entire outlook on life.

    I started a website dedicated to helping parents better understand their teens so that they can truly be more effective parents. It’s important for parents to understand what goes on in the teenage world, to make sure their teen is comfortable talking to them about anything, and to really be vigilant about trying to HELP their teens navigate the dangerous world of teen years.

    My blog posting below relates to this article and I think it’d really be a helpful resource for parents to better help their teens avoid drug tragedies like that which my childhood friend died from.

    http://www.understandmyteen.com/blog/

  2. adolescent drug treatment on May 26th, 2009 at 7:56 pm:

    The negative effects of teen drug use are undeniable and obvious If you have a child that is dealing with teen drug abuse and or substance abuse, please help them get the help they need to turn their life around. The negative effects of teen drug use are undeniable and obvious.many parents have felt that their teen’s alcohol use is ok because it isn’t a harder drug like crack, or heroine. However, it should be noted that alcohol kills five times more teenagers than all other drugs combined.

    -mj-

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