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Aspen Education Group / Re: Prescription pills
« on: May 15, 2013, 08:42:24 PM »Quote from: "psy"
Quote from: "Mitt Romney"I found this article interesting. It touches upon the prescription drug problem that teens are now struggling with and guides parents on ways to help their children from local to off-site placements. Teen Challenge, Aspen Achievement Academy, Four circles recovery program and wilderness therapy are discussed.As in interesting for flambait or as interesting as in scare-the-crap-out-of-the-parents or what? From skimming, it reads like DARE scare, not that there aren't legitimate dangers from prescription drugs (or over-prescribing Ritalin and Aderall). I'm interested in whether you think they went over the top and what you think of their recommendations.
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/family/ ... drug-abuse
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Pharm parties are one thing. When I was young we would party on weekends, have our parties and then get back to school on Monday, but many of these kids are using pharmaceuticals all day long at school which isnt good. The important thing is to intervene as soon as possible to reduce or stop the abuse and addiction. The primary source for keeping kids safe is with the parents. If the parents will not or cannot then outside agencies need to start getting involved.
Some parents overreact and send their kids away without even trying at home (and this can be hurtful)and other parents dont react at all and just let their kids get into dangerous situations and it ends up being too late to help them locally (and this can be hurtful too).
I found that the kids who went to programs made out really well.
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