Doodles of Pot,

Has your son or daughter drawn pot leaves or bottles of beer on his or her notebook? It is actually a sign of "preoccupation" and "infatuation", in the same way that it was when you wrote the initials of you and your boy/girlfriend inside the heart on your notebook when you were a kid. Remember? or was I the only one that did that? 

Kids who end up addicted start out by loving to get high. So, as a parent we need to look for some clues, that are not so obvious, doodles of pot may be that very sign.

Pain or Pleasure?

Why do teens get high? Pain or Pleasure?

We have all too often assumed that getting high has to do with masking the painful memories from childhood or dealing with the many problems of growing up.

I would like us to consider another possibility; kids these days are growing up privileged, spoiled and accustomed to the pleasures of the good life. Their biggest emotional pain is not getting what they want. The pleasures of getting high and drunk are just added to the list of hedonistic pleasures.

“Shot to Head with Alcohol”

Why letting kids drink at home, isn't necessarily working in France. A lot of parents thought that if responsible drinking was taught at home, problem drinking would not occur in the lives of their children, research is showing this to be a false assumption.

Pop-up-street-parties for vodka drinking french kids are taking place in Paris, aided by Facebook communication. To listen to the M.P.R. report please click here.

Loving to Get High and Addiction

I was honored when I was asked by Thomas Retterbush, to write a post for his blog called "Addicts NOT Anonymous". It was fun going back to the very first reference that I had to the "love relationship" with getting high. This web site is excellent and I would encourage you to read beyond the article that I posted.

To visit my blog post click here.

Parent Resource: Medicine Chest Dangers

Your medicine chest may be the source of drugs for your son or daughter who "loves to get High". Drug companies know how to take away pain, kids will love the effects. Check out this initiative to save the lives of our children from overdose from pharmaceutical drugs found in your medicine chest.

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Parents it's up to us to 'police' our own home; lock up the liquor and medicine cabinet, kids who 'love to get high' don't need our enabling.