Teen age drug abuse is said to begin with the introduction of what has been termed as “gateway drugs.” A gateway drug is the introductory drug that opens the door to further drug exploration. While it is true that many teens at risk do not experiment with more than marijuana, statistics indicate that the introduction […]
A good friend did this week-end what, I imagine, thousands of parents across America are doing. Renting limos for their teenager’s proms. She made a specific point of instructing the driver, in front of all of the teenage passengers, that if any alcohol or illegal substance were to be discovered or if any one […]
There are more and more articles being written that cover the ongoing battle against the accelerating use of prescription drugs by troubled teenagers. Unfortunately, many of those articles center on the tragic instances of a teen’s death due to a prescription overdose. The article I excerpt below describes the campaign initiated by one set of […]