How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid
How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid

Author: Joseph A. Califano

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-09-09

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 1476728437

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Nearly every child will be offered drugs or alcohol before graduating high school. The good news is that a child who gets to age twenty-one without smoking, using drugs, or abusing alcohol is virtually certain never to do so ... and informed parents have the power to influence their kids to choose not to use. This give parents a realistic picture of the world their teens confront and the tools to help them get through adolescence healthy and drug free. Based on research at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, this book answers the daunting questions parents across the country have repeatedly asked.

Sunny's Story
Sunny's Story

Author: Ginger Katz

Publisher:

Published: 2007-03-01

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9780979300202

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Sunnys Story brings to light one of the most critical issues facing children, parents and educators today. Parents are challenged with discussing the dangers of alcohol and other drugs with their children. Having the courage to face hard issues is the first step in keeping children safe. Through the voice of the family dog, and in a tender and thoughtful way, Sunnys Story is an effective tool to approach this topic. This story opens a dialogue between parents and their children. It teaches parents about what children are exposed to everyday. Children will obtain a clear understanding of how their choices affect their life and the lives of those close to them.

Teen Drug Use
Teen Drug Use

Author: George M. Beschner

Publisher: Free Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13:

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Leading experts provide rational, thoughtful answers to the questions asked by concerned parents and teachers as to why teenagers take drugs. This critical book reviews symptoms, treatment, types of drugs and users, as well as legal consequences. Includes prevention information along with advice to parents onworking with their children.

Reducing Underage Drinking
Reducing Underage Drinking

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2004-03-26

Total Pages: 761

ISBN-13: 0309089352

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Alcohol use by young people is extremely dangerous - both to themselves and society at large. Underage alcohol use is associated with traffic fatalities, violence, unsafe sex, suicide, educational failure, and other problem behaviors that diminish the prospects of future success, as well as health risks â€" and the earlier teens start drinking, the greater the danger. Despite these serious concerns, the media continues to make drinking look attractive to youth, and it remains possible and even easy for teenagers to get access to alcohol. Why is this dangerous behavior so pervasive? What can be done to prevent it? What will work and who is responsible for making sure it happens? Reducing Underage Drinking addresses these questions and proposes a new way to combat underage alcohol use. It explores the ways in which may different individuals and groups contribute to the problem and how they can be enlisted to prevent it. Reducing Underage Drinking will serve as both a game plan and a call to arms for anyone with an investment in youth health and safety.

Facing Addiction in America
Facing Addiction in America

Author: Office of the Surgeon General

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-08-15

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9781974580620

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All across the United States, individuals, families, communities, and health care systems are struggling to cope with substance use, misuse, and substance use disorders. Substance misuse and substance use disorders have devastating effects, disrupt the future plans of too many young people, and all too often, end lives prematurely and tragically. Substance misuse is a major public health challenge and a priority for our nation to address. The effects of substance use are cumulative and costly for our society, placing burdens on workplaces, the health care system, families, states, and communities. The Report discusses opportunities to bring substance use disorder treatment and mainstream health care systems into alignment so that they can address a person's overall health, rather than a substance misuse or a physical health condition alone or in isolation. It also provides suggestions and recommendations for action that everyone-individuals, families, community leaders, law enforcement, health care professionals, policymakers, and researchers-can take to prevent substance misuse and reduce its consequences.

Keeping Kids Drug Free
Keeping Kids Drug Free

Author: Glenn Levant

Publisher: Laurel Glen Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781571456250

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Keeping Kids Drug Free provides more than a checklist of behaviors associated with drug abuse. It gives parents dearly written, straightforward advice on how to make a difference in their children's future.The D.A.R.E. Official Parent's Guide helps parents to: -- Educate their kids about the responsible use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs -- Teach kids how to resist destructive influences from drugs, gangs, violence, negative peer pressure -- even the media -- Promote children's self-esteem and assertiveness -- Use practical techniques for teaching values and the difference between right and wrong -- Establish rules of acceptable behavior; set enforceable limits -- Listen to their children and understand the issues that are troubling them -- Develop closer, more open relationships with their children -- Raise kids to make positive choices