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	<title>Stop Teenage Drug Use &#187; understanding</title>
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		<title>Marijuana and the Movies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>timtitus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[loving to get high]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Loving to get high is popularized by Hollywood and adds a cultural context to what our kids appreciate and value. Here is a summary of video clips from movies that &#8216;glamorize&#8217; getting high. I offer this to you as a parent, to help you see what our kids already see, &#8220;loving to get high in... <a href="http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/marijuana-and-the-movies/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wonder and Excitement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>timtitus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Curiosity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/?p=401</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A child&#8217;s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement.  It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.  ~Rachel Carson The idea that we lose our capacity for wonder... <a href="http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/wonder-and-excitement/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Things Our Kids Want and Need</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 17:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>timtitus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/?p=305</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve created a list of things that our sons and daughters want and need. Acceptance, Adventure, Affection, Affluence, Appreciation, Belonging, Bliss, Boldness, Care, Cleverness, Confidence, Connection, Control, Coolness, Courage, Curiosity, Desire, Determination, Devotion, Dignity, Discovery, Ecstasy, Encouragement, Energy, Enjoyment, Entertainment, Enthusiasm, Experience, Fairness, Fame, Family, Fashion, Freedom, Fun, etc. This is a partial &#8220;List of... <a href="http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/things-our-kids-want-and-need/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Values Worth Fighting For</title>
		<link>http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/values-worth-fighting-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>timtitus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[loving to get high syndrome]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/?p=253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No matter who we are, we all have the same Values. How could this be true? It is not the presence or absence of values, we all work off of the same list, it is how important  they are to us. How we prioritize them? How we honor them? If your number one value is... <a href="http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/values-worth-fighting-for/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>From Bummed to Bliss</title>
		<link>http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/from-bummed-to-bliss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>timtitus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being bummed by life; stressed, unhappy, miserable, desperate, is all too common for young people. What do our kids do with this stress? How do they deal with this emotional ups and downs? Do they talk to you about any of this? Who do they talk to? Who’s giving them advise on how to cope?... <a href="http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/from-bummed-to-bliss/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Consequences: Confronting Parent&#8217;s Denial</title>
		<link>http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/consequences-confronting-parents-denial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>timtitus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/?p=158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you get a call late Saturday night telling you that your son has overdosed and is in the Emergency Room, your DENIAL is confronted. When the Principal calls and tells you that your daughter has been suspended for coming to school drunk, your DENIAL is confronted. When you wake up in the middle of... <a href="http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/consequences-confronting-parents-denial/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A lesson From a Pro on &#8220;Loving to Get High&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/first-person-narrative/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/first-person-narrative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>timtitus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/?p=110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just bought a book that describes in the most vivid way, loving to get high.  It is Rolling Away: My Agony with Ecstasy, by Lynn Marie Smith. Lynn describes her first experience with ecstasy: “We were all silently looking at one another, waiting for someone to make the first move. I went to take... <a href="http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/first-person-narrative/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Unimaginable, But True</title>
		<link>http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/unimaginable-but-true/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/unimaginable-but-true/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 06:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>timtitus</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lovingtogethighsyndrome.com/?p=47</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to imagine that our sons and daughters are getting high. It’s easier for us to keep an image of their innocent childhood, denying the possibility that they are going out and getting wasted. Unimaginable, but true, the experience of getting high, is very real for them; one of the most real things that... <a href="http://www.stopteenagedruguse.com/unimaginable-but-true/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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