Archive for 'Prevention'
Drug Education Essential for Youth
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by Addiction Intervention.
The consistent education for teens susceptible to drug use and abuse is important in order to win the war on drugs. As a recent news release highlights, there is clear evidence that more kids need to be reached with effective information and prevention tools.
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Does Country Life Protect Kids from Drugs and Alcohol?
Posted on 23. Jan, 2010 by Addiction Intervention.
The idyllic American life is identified with small towns and the rural countryside, a place isolated from modern threats of violence, drugs and alcohol. Many seek out what they perceive to be the quiet and slower pace of the country life, and believe that their children will benefit from life there.
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How to Safely Combat Pain
Posted on 21. Jan, 2010 by Addiction Intervention.
There’s nothing worse than feeling pain. The longer you experience it, the more it seems to affect you. Whether your pain is acute or chronic, pain is pain. And what’s primary on your mind is what to do about it. But before you make a decision about getting a prescription for an opioid painkiller, consider [...]
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Parents of Kids with Cancer and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Posted on 08. Jan, 2010 by Addiction Intervention.
When a cancer diagnosis is given, it seems natural that stress levels would go up. Endless decisions about treatments and specialist choices, navigating normal life while enduring treatment, and possibly chronic pain, can all elevate stress for the patient.
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Preventing Facebook Addiction
Posted on 24. Dec, 2009 by Addiction Intervention.
Facebook, the popular social networking site, has 350 million members worldwide who collectively spend 10 billion minutes on the site every day. Katie Hafner of the New York Times writes that some students are nipping their addiction in the bud by deactivating their accounts or restricting their time on the site.
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How to Help Prevent Teen Prescription Drug Abuse
Posted on 22. Dec, 2009 by Addiction Intervention.
If you’re a parent and you have teens at home (or even adolescents), don’t think that your prescription drugs are safe in your medicine cabinet. They’re not. And it doesn’t mean that your teen is necessarily going to raid your prescription stash so they can go out and get high – although that may very [...]
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Tips for Preventing Substance Abuse among Teens
Posted on 17. Nov, 2009 by Addiction Intervention.
With the growing problem of substance abuse among adolescents, it’s important for parents to be equipped with the necessary tools to communicate with their children about the dangers of abusing alcohol and other substances.