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Teenage Drug Abuse

Teenage Drug Abuse

Parents who are informed are parents who can best cope with the pressures and influences their children face when it comes to alcohol and drug use. Many parents of today grew up during those decades of exploding youth drug experimentation, so they believe they know and understand the temptations and the risks their pre-teen and adolescent children face. There are many designer drugs available today that did not exist 20 or 30 years ago. Marijuana potency has increased exponentially in the last 20 years. And to this day myths persist about alcohol that leads many parents to tragically miss signs of serious trouble because they think it is "just alcohol."

Cough Syrup Abuse

Cough syrup preparations are also fast becoming one of the most common drugs of abuse among teens. The active ingredient of many cough syrups is dextromethorphan (DXM), which if taken in large doses can cause visual hallucinations and a heightened sense of awareness - in other words, a cheap high.

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Teen Meth Use and Abuse

Although the use of crystal methamphetamine - "Meth" - among youth may be decreasing on the national level, certain areas of the United States continue to face significant problems with this potent and highly addictive substance. In addition, not all current research agrees about the prevalence of Meth use among youth and young adults. Although Meth is used by a small percentage of the American population, its extreme potency and potential for severe physical, behavioral, and social consequences keeps it a pressing concern in many communities.

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Pharm Parties

Drug Testing Trends at School and in the Workplace

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Treatment programs that offer drug and alcohol detoxification for teens and children.

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  • At Risk Youth

    At Risk Youth strives to provide troubled adolescents and their parents with valuable information pertaining to issues that face todays youth. This site includes information about adolescents and the issues that they may be struggling with, including substance abuse, defiance, violence, weight management, learning disabilities, eating disorders, and other behavioral and emotional issues. At Risk Youth strives to provide parents with advice about effective treatment options.

  • Phoenix Outdoor

    Phoenix Outdoor is a licensed wilderness therapy program located near Asheville, North Carolina focusing on teenagers ages 13-17 who need treatment for substance abuse or chemical dependency. Phoenix Outdoor is a 12-Step based program that utilizes the wilderness as its treatment setting. A field-based curriculum, group sessions, individual therapy, psycho-educational classes, and 12-Step support combine to encourage adolescents to consider the changes they need to make and how to create a path to stay clean and sober.

  • Adcare Hospital of Worcester, MA

    AdCare is New England's most comprehensive provider of substance abuse treatment. Our regionally focused, integrated system of care offers a network of outpatient facilities, a nationally recognized inpatient facility and the leadership of some of America's most highly regarded experts in substance abuse treatment.

  • Brattleboro Retreat

    The Child and Adolescent Inpatient program of Brattleboro Retreat is a short-term, specialized 24-hour care program for children and adolescents ages 6 to 18 with severe emotional, behavioral, and/or addictions disorders. Located in Vermont, the Retreat provides a homelike environment of personalized and flexible care.

  • Fremont Hospital

    Fremont Hospital is a private, modern 78-bed behavioral healthcare facility that provides services to adolescents (ages 12-17) and adults. Services offered include treatment of psychiatric conditions, chemical dependency and treatment of 'dual diagnosis' (co-existing psychiatric condition and chemical dependency). A variety of treatment programs are available, including inpatient care, partial hospitalization (day treatment) and an intensive outpatient program. Fremont Hospital provides a supportive environment in which individuals learn to modify behaviors that have made life difficult to manage. Some patients stay for only a few days to resolve a crisis; others may stay longer for more intensive treatment.

  • Las Encinas Hospital, Pasadena

    Located in Pasadena, California, Las Encinas offers a full range of behavioral health care treatment options including inpatient, partial hospitalization and outpatient services for adolescents and adults suffering from substance abuse issues. The hospital has remained one of the nations foremost facilities for quality care since 1904. The hospital is licensed by the State of California and is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).

  • Maine General

    The adolescent recovery program at Maine General in Waterville provides inpatient care for teens between the ages of 13 and 17 who experience a psychiatric crisis or need treatment for substance abuse. The program offers comprehensive treatment, counseling services, regular contact with each patients school, family treatment and recreational therapy and includes short-term stabilization, day treatment and outpatient services.

  • McLean Hospital, Massachusetts

    Located in Massachusetts, the McLean Adolescent Residential and Partial Hospital Program provides structured 24-hour psychiatric treatment in an unlocked setting for adolescents, ages 12 to 20, who require intensive short- or long-term care. The program offers a full range of services, including assessment and consultation, psychopharmacology, treatment specialization in trauma and substance abuse, and educational services and recommendations. The program functions as an alternative to or step down from an acute inpatient hospitalization. The program also contains a more long-term group care setting in which adolescents are educated and prepared for pending placement in a community based residential setting. Both residential programs provide evening structure and overnight care for patients requiring residential care.

  • Pathways Alcohol & Drug Treatment Center

    Located in Maryland, Pathways offers innovative inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation programs for adolescents and adults with alcohol and/or drug addiction. Situated on a wooded eight-acre parcel of land in Annapolis, Maryland, the center's residential areas include 24 adolescent beds and a separate 16-bed wing for adults.

  • Phoenix House

    With locations in California, New York, New England, Florida and Texas, Phoenix House offers both residential and outpatient substance abuse treatment for adolescents and adults.

  • Princeton House, NJ

    At Princeton House's maincampus in Princeton New Jersey,the inpatient program provides intensive short-term treatment for chemically dependent male and female adolescents between 13-18 years of age. This highly specialized program is designed to meet the needs of those who require a regimen of care in a 24-hour setting. Many of the adolescents inthe program have been unable to maintain abstinence in an outpatient setting.

  • Psychiatric Institute of Washington, D.C.

    The Psychiatric Institute of Washington, D.C.provides comprehensive behavioral healthcare for children, adolescents, adults and senior adults suffering from emotional and addictive illnesses. We offer inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, 23-hour crisis observation, as well as specialized treatment programs for chemical dependency. PIW is a short-term, acute care hospital helping people deal with a wide variety of psychiatric and addictive problems.

  • Rogers Memorial Hospital, Wisconsin

    The Child & Adolescent Center at Rogers Memorial Hospital in Wisconsinprovides long-term intensive residential treatment in a home-like environment for boys and girls ages 12 to 17 for issues including substance abuse. The center combines intensive psychiatric treatment, including regular individual therapy sessions with a child and adolescent psychiatrist, with adventure-based therapy, such as biking, hiking and off-site experiences. The focus of the program is to better prepare adolescents for a successful return to home, school and social life.

  • Silver Hill Hospital, Connecticut

    Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, CTis nationally recognized for its expertise in the treatment of adolescent addictions, including alcoholism and addictions to cocaine, heroin, and other opioids and tranquilizers such as benzodiazepines and many other substances. Silver Hill's multi-disciplinary team includes board certified psychiatrists, nursing staff, social workers, addiction specialists, group therapists and a dietician. Medically managed detoxification takes place in our inpatient unit. After detoxification, rehabilitative therapy begins. Group therapy is an important component of Silver Hill Hospitals treatment plan.

  • Starlite Recovery Center

    Located outside San Antonio Texas, Starlite Recovery Center Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program exists to offer men, women, and adolescent males a new chance at a life. Offering Residential (in-patient), day treatment, continuing care, and online drug and alcohol treatment and rehabilitation services, Starlite is a leader in the field of drug addiction treatment.

  • Sunrise House, New Jersey

    Located in Lafayette, New Jersey, Sunrise House Foundation provides an inpatient program for those adolescents who require an acute level of care of their substance abuse problems. Adolescents participate in treatment in a separate unit within Sunrise House. Adolescent and Adults patients do not co-mingle during their treatment stay. While in care, adolescents participate in group counseling, family therapy, twelve steps support, family education, recreational activities, medical detoxification, Psychological evaluation and academic tutoring. The length of an adolescents stay depends upon several variables, however most adolescents participate in care from14 to 28 days on average.

  • Tarzana Treatment Centers

    Tarzana Treatment Centers provides high quality, affordable behavioral healthcare and treatment services in Los Angeles County. Its mission and values are realized through a continuum of integrated alcohol and drug addiction treatment, education, mental health, medical detox and residential rehab for teens / youth, and adults.

  • Teen Drug Abuse

    TeenZeen is your source for teen drug abuse and alcohol prevention information.

  • The Camp Recovery Center

    Located near Santa Cruz California, the Camp Recovery Center offersdrug and alcohol recovery programs for adolescents and adults.Campprovides a safe place to recover from alcoholism and addictionand to learn how to stay sober. The process includes the entire family; all who have been greatly affected by the actions of the alcoholic or addict.

  • The Palm Beach Institute

    The Palm Beach Institute'srecovery program serves male and female adolescents, ages 15-17 and adults. In addition to treating primary addictive diseases,the Institutespecializes in the treatment of co-occurring psychiatric and mood disorders.

  • The Ridgeview Institute, Georgia

    Located in Smyrna, Georgia, the Ridgeview Institute's Adolescent programs offers comprehensive, individualized care for young people ages 13-18 with psychiatric, addictive or dual diagnosis disorders.Theinpatient, partial hospitalization, and outpatient treatment options give patients direct access to the least restrictive level of care. Patients participate in treatment with peers in their age group. The program includes separate tracks for psychiatric and addiction problems.

  • Twelve Oaks Drug Rehabilitation Center

    Twelve Oaks' drug rehabilitation center is a private, free-standing 84 bed alcohol and drug recovery center located in the Florida Panhandle. The five-acre campus borders a sandy beach and provides a serene setting for its distinctive treatment programs. The Twelve Oaks addiction treatment programis patterned after the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA). An individualized treatment plan is designed based on the specific needs of each patient.

  • White Deer Run

    White Deer Run/Cove Forge Behavioral Health System is one of the leading providers of treatment for drug and alcohol addiction in Pennsylvania. The White Deer Run philosophy simply states that each patient will be treated as an individual, receiving treatment plans tailored to their specific needs. White Deer Runoffers adolescent detoxification, residential and outpatient programs.

Not Your Parents' Drug: Marijuana Potency Reaches All-Time High

Marijuana Potency

A recent report by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy indicates that the marijuana being smoked by today's teenagers is significantly more potent than that used by previous generations.

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The Risks of Hosting Teen Parties

The Risks of Hosting Teen Parties

Parents who host teen parties should be aware of their liability should teens sneak in alcohol. Saying that you did not allow the alcohol is not enough to protect you, especially if you let these teens drive home and they cause an accident.

Read about Parent's Liability When Hosting Teen Parties.

Create - Connect - Communicate

Create - Connect - Communicate

Learn strategies to keep in touch with your children before they become teenagers and you will be in a better position to understand the pressures they face and communicate your concerns and expectations.

Create a safe, supportive environment for teaching about the dangers of drug and alcohol use.

Connect with teens to find out what they know, how they feel. what pressures they face.

Communicate clearly what you expect and what the consequences of use will be.

The word "expectations" may have negative connotations, but by letting your child know what behaviors you will and will not accept, you help set the tone for their adolescence.

Teens who know their parents will not tolerate illegal drug use tend to resist peer pressure better than those whose parents avoid the issue.

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