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How Parents Can Help Teens Resist Peer Pressure
Surprisingly, disagreements - if they are brought about as a result of healthy dialogue - can be a good way to provide teens the tools they need to prevent peer pressure from getting them to use drugs. read more...
Pop Music Promotes Alcohol and Drug Abuse
References to alcohol and drugs are almost automatic in many genres of popular music, particularly reggae and hip hop. read more...
Substance Abuse Study Shows Parents Should Fear Facebook
There is data indicating a correlation between Facebook and teens using drugs. Teens who use Facebook, YouTube, and MySpace frequently are twice as likely to use marijuana and three times more likely to drink alcohol. read more...
Alcohol: The World’s Top Killer
Alcohol causes at least 4% of preventable deaths worldwide, now topping AIDS, tuberculosis, and violence. read more...
Drug and Alcohol Testing Must be Therapeutic
Sober Living by the Sea has a rigid and effective testing program that is administered in a way that makes the client build self esteem through completing the tests. read more...
Study: Substance Abuse Treatment Patterns Change Significantly in Past Decade
Drug and Alcohol Treatment Causing a Decline in Teen Drug Abuse in England
There are positive signs coming out of England regarding teenagers and the abuse of hard drugs and drug use in general. Fewer teens need treatment for true addiction of drugs and while slightly more are receiving counseling for alcohol and marijuana, the number coming in this year for heroin and crack abuse are less than the year before. read more...
Why is Teenage Drug Abuse on the Rise?
Our staff writer looks into the rise in teenage drug abuse. Partying with innocent drugs like cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana is usually the gateway to more dangerous substances like OxyContin, heroin, LSD, and cocaine. read more...
Alcohol Abuse is Costing New Mexico Human Lives and Billions of Dollars
New Mexico is no stranger to the ravaging effects alcohol abuse can have on its population. Both in human lives and in dollars spent, alcohol can be very destructive when not used responsibly. read more...
Approaching Recovery in a Business Like Fashion
Steven East is a Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor who has been instrumental in creating an environment at our treatment facility in which our recovering clients can thrive. In this blog, Steven shares some very creative thoughts about treating one's recovery from alcoholism or addiction like it were a business. read more...
