My wife and I watched a news special about young adults using the freon in an air conditioner to get high, I’ve heard about this in the past but had no idea that it was still being done. Just another example of the desperation connected to “loving to get high”.
To read more click on this link.
The danger is drastic, but the need to get high keeps a young person for considering the risk.
Why college students drink too much and party so hard, is the sub-title of a book called Getting Wasted by Thomas Vander Ven. Thomas was interviewed on NPR, talking about the 7 years of research he did finding out why college kids drink too much, in the form of ‘binge drinking’. Reasons include; it’s fun, it allows them to do things that they would not normally do, and it creates a world of adventure.
This research reinforces my conclusion that kids who end up addicted begin by “loving to get high”. Click here to get access to the on-air interview and a short summary of Dr Vander Ven’s research.
Your gut is saying something is going on with your teen, but you can’t figure out what it is. Things don’t add up, something is missing, things have changed but you’re not sure what. When you ask questions you get answers that just make everything more confusing. Your mind goes wild with possibilities; drugs, gangs, sex, porn. No matter what you do or think it doesn’t get better.
A spring break party turned deadly yesterday in Blaine, Minn., because of a mass overdose. Police say at least 11 party goers overdosed on a designer drug known as 2 C-E, one of those, 19-year-old Trevor Robinson died. The 2 C-E was obtained legally, over the Internet.
This was supposed to be another chapter in "A Chemical Love Story" but it ended tragically.
A better "high" through chemistry is common these days. Our kids are using dangerous drugs created by some aspiring scientist, trying to make his/her contribution to the "Cornucopia of Chemicals".
"The most common reason why youth receive mental health services is feeling depressed (50%)."
To read more about this link between teens and depression, putting a teen at risk for falling in live with getting high please visit at: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k9/youthMHcare/youthMHcare.cfm:
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