Educational Articles on Drug Addiction and Treatment
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Teens After the Floods: How Big Is the Risk of Alcohol and Drugs, and How Can Parents Help?
After the water recedes, adults tend to focus on repairing homes and restoring income, while teenagers may be out of school, stayi…
Protecting Teens From Drugs: Lessons From Iceland, Where Teen Drunkenness Fell From 42% to 6%
In 1998 Iceland had some of the highest rates of teen drinking and smoking in Europe. Twenty years later those figures had fallen …
Talking to Your Child About Drugs: How to Start So They Listen, With Age-by-Age Examples
Many parents know they should talk to their children about alcohol and drugs but do not know how to begin. They worry that talking…
When Friends Offer Drugs: How to Teach Your Teen to Say No Effectively Without Losing Friends
For teenagers, being offered e-cigarettes, alcohol or drugs by friends rarely comes as force. It usually comes as "Just try it, ev…
Floods and Drug Addiction: Why Disasters Raise the Risk of Relapse, and What Families Should Watch For
Disaster research shows that floods and other disasters don't cause most people to start using drugs, as many assume. The people g…
Stress After the Flood: Heavier Drinking, More Drug Use, and Warning Signs Families Shouldn't Ignore
The period after floodwaters recede is often when built-up stress starts to show -- from cleaning up the house, financial damage, …
Floods: How Should People With Drug or Alcohol Problems Prepare? A Checklist to Keep Treatment on Track
The key points: get medication and treatment information ready before the water arrives, know how to reach the treatment team and …
Will You Be Arrested for Voluntarily Seeking Drug Treatment? Thailand's "Users Are Patients" Law Explained
The short answer: under Thailand's current Narcotics Code, a person who uses drugs, or possesses them for personal use, and volunt…
Relapse After Quitting Drugs: How to Prevent It, and the 3 Stages of Warning Signs Families Should Know
Relapse is best prevented when it's caught early. Research on relapse prevention describes relapse not as a sudden event but as a …