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Meredith Maran wrote a very compelling and personal story that will help many parents understand the growing problem of teen drug addiction. Learn more - type the book title in the Amazon Box.

Percocet, Oxycontin, Darvocet - these drug names are becoming more and more recognizable.  Unfortunately, it’s not because more people are using them safely.  It’s because teens are trafficking them, using them, getting addicted to them in a disturbing new trend.  Drug rehab is the only reliable way to escape the grip of these powerful drugs.

Source: ACE - Alliance for Consumer Edcuation Disturbing new links to early substance abuse from a study that was just published in the October issue of Psychological Science. It tracked “1,037 children from the age of three until 32.” "Children who try drugs or alcohol before age 15 run a greater

Do you have a teenage child you suspect is doing drugs? Are you too scared of confrontation to say something to them about it? Sniff Dogs has the perfect solution: For only $200 an hour, you can now rent a retired drug sniffing dog to scout out the drugs in your home!

Just Say No To Drugs was the mantra in the late 1980’s.  Nancy Reagan championed this phrase give teens a simple response to drug and alcohol peer pressure.  Many parents simply tell their kids that drugs are bad and they should stay away from them.  But why is this approach just not enough?  Talking with kids about drugs and alcohol is a challenge, but it doesn’t have to leave you tongue-tied.

Students at a suburban St. Louis high school headed to the gymnasium for HIV testing this week after an infected person informed health officials that as many as 50 teenagers were exposed to the virus that causes AIDS.

Family Culture Affects Drug Use Choices You’ve had all the talks, you’ve stressed the importance of staying away from drugs and alcohol each and every time he leaves to go hang out with his friends, you’ve made yourself available to talk about pressures from school or troubles with relationships, and he knows every speech before the first words even leave your mouth.

Adolescent Drug Use Linked to Insomnia A study just released in the October issue of Sleep journal has discovered a definite link between chronic sleeplessness in teenagers and mental illness. Author Brandy M. Roane, MS, elaborates, “The current study suggests adolescents with insomnia are more prone to developing mental disorders, specifically depression.

Defining "Gateway Drugs" Kids today have much more societal pressure put upon them than their parents generation did, and the widespread availability of drugs like methamphetamines and the "huffing" trend (which uses common household chemicals as drugs) can turn recreational use of a relatively harmless gateway drug into a severe or fatal addiction without warning.

I watched an intriguing DVD last night titled The Secret (not to be confused with the 2006 documentary based on the mass-seller book recommended by Oprah). The 2008 movie, reviewed here, stars David Duchovny as an opthalmologist who loses his wife, sorta... then his daughter, sorta.