February 27th, 2007 by Ann Walker
Connie got through the sixties and drug experimentation just fine and she took a rather smug view over the hysteria, as she called it, surrounding teenage drug abuse. So she had little patience for Kate’s late night call begging her to come out to California to be part of a crisis intervention being organized for […]
February 27th, 2007 by Ann Walker
One of the most virulent drugs troubled teens can abuse is meth. The descent from normal teenager to addict is much more rapid in meth addiction than with most other drugs.
The initial affects of the drug are exuberance and a sense of control and power. The contrast between this state of mind and the usual […]
February 27th, 2007 by Ann Walker
The efficacy in animal therapy for teens has long been well established. Unfortunately, part and parcel of a troubled teen’s profile includes alienation , a guardedness of the heart that often stunts the efforts of the parent to reach the teen. Having come to believe that emotional attachments to friends and family are too threatening, […]