Recommendations on How to Deal With Drug Alocohol Abuse Among Teenagers?

Question by Kamal: recommendations on how to deal with drug alocohol abuse among teenagers?
how can it be prevented?
what can the government do?
what should be done with the existing addicts?

Best answer:

Answer by mrklcoac2002
well, first it needs to start with the parents and i another thing i think that should be done is take these kids to the intensive care units or nursing homes where people are in a coma from drugs/alcohol

Answer by pampers
Prevention-I wish I knew.My 16 yr old daughter was a cheer leader,ran track,did very well in school. She is also a recovering heroin addict. Began using when she was 13 and has been clean for 1 year.I thought we were doing all the right things. We began talking about the dangers of drugs when all our children were in grade school.
I do know there needs to be more treatment centers to offer long term care. (she was in a treatment center for 8 months) The waiting lists for the available places are horrendous.We waited 4 months.And unfortunately for teens there is a very limited amount of treatment centers to begin with. There are only 2 in our state to treat females under 18. If you can afford out of pocket thousands of dollars a month then you have a few more options.Sometimes I feel like the government isn’t taking seriously what our children are going through,and I’m sure I am not the only one who feels that way.

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