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All posts tagged "substance prevention"
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1.9KNewsVermont Adopting Icelandic Program to Curb Substance Use
What can youth advocates in rural New England learn about reducing teen drug and alcohol use from a small island nation just...
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1.6KNewsJuvenile Drug Courts Agree More Family Involvement Needed; Some Not Sure How to Do It: Report
Juvenile drug treatment courts must do more to bring families into the treatment process if they want to help young offenders overcome...
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2.0KGuest Opinion EssayA New Way to View, Treat, Prevent Adolescent Drug, Alcohol Use
We cannot afford inaction. Like other chronic illnesses with social, biological and environmental determinants, substance use disorders are best addressed with a...
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1.7KGuest Opinion EssayHealth and Human Services Misinterprets Foster Care Data
Let’s assume that there has been a real increase in parental substance abuse. The biggest flaw in HHS’ logic is the implicit...
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3.6KNewsHHS Now Able to Definitively Link More Foster Children to More Parental Substance Abuse
New data in a recent Health and Human Services report shows both that the number of youth in the foster care system...
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2.8KFrom the FieldResponding to Youth Who Have Depression or Suicidal Thoughts
In between wilderness hikes and zip lining, teens attending the weekend Camp Mariposa® addiction prevention and mentoring program learn to recognize signs...
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1.5KNewsSubstance Use, Mental Health & the Road to Recovery: ‘Like Juggling Explosives Blindfolded’
When Corey Roberts came out of prison, he hit the ground running...
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2.6KFrom the BureausLA Drug Court’s Wraparound Services Help Parents Quit Drugs, Keep Their Kids
“I didn’t know how to be a mom,” Lisa Galvan said. “I was used to being by myself. It was really hard...
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Guest Opinion Essay
Identifying Early Substance Use and Risk in School Settings
Adolescence is a critical time to prevent initiation of substance use, but unfortunately, adolescent substance use is typically only addressed once it...
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Is U.S. Opioid Crisis Straining State Child Welfare Systems?
While a national opioid crisis rages, the number of child welfare cases surges natinoally. Is this more than a coincidence? “Both things...
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2.1KGuest Opinion EssayThe Importance of Confidentiality for Effective SBIRT Interventions for Teens
For the SBIRT model to work, an open and honest conversation must occur between a young person and practitioner. But for a...
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1.5KNewsYouth Need Substance Abuse Help in Communities, Experts Say
Adolescents with substance abuse problems too often cannot access treatment unless they land in the juvenile justice system, experts say. Relying on...
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Substance Use Among Teens Is Never Benign
Adolescence is a time of growth and potential but also a time of risk-taking and experimentation with drugs and alcohol, which can...
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1.1KGuest Opinion EssayKeep Alcohol in Focus to Reduce Youth Substance Use
April is Alcohol Awareness Month. Addressing misperceptions is important, because otherwise we run the risk of further perpetuating beliefs among young people...
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13.1KGuest Opinion EssayThe Importance of Youth Leaders in Substance Abuse Prevention
For many young people today, the word prevention is complicated. Some might think that prevention doesn’t affect them, and some might not...
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1.8KGuest Opinion EssayWe Need to Talk with Youth About Substance Use and SBIRT Is the Way to Do It
We know that almost everyone who struggles with addiction began using substances before the age of 18. So, we need to talk...
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2.3KGuest Opinion EssayAnxiety, Substance Abuse and the Cycle of Diminishing Returns
One of the main reasons I ended up addicted to drugs and alcohol was anxiety. Now make no mistake, I suffer from...
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2.3KNewsAn Old Message from the Drug War: Just Say No to Marijuana
Just like the abstinence-only approach to teen sex, the abstinence-only approach to marijuana sees itself as offering a realistic path to young...
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2.0KGuest Opinion EssayReframing the Opioid Epidemic: Lawmakers Must Put Children First
Opioid use in the U.S. is a crisis. For 30 percent of kids removed from their parents’ care, substance use in the...
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1.4KNewsObama Affirms at Drug Summit That Addiction Is Disease, Not Moral Failure
Justin Riley, president of Young People in Recovery, got to sit next to President Obama at the National Rx Drug Abuse and...
