Addiction and Substance Abuse hurts, it hurts the individual,...
We always have to look at the path we are on. Is it taking us...
Dangerous Stuff We keep trying to get kids to understand the dangers of some kinds of drugs. There has been a significant increase lately of the availability of Ecstasy. Here is some important infomation Another ecstasy-related death this month served as a reminder that Western Canada’s recent...
Ecstasy or “E” is often referred to by kids as “pills”. I think they do this because it sounds less harmful. This is a dangerous drug and it seems to be on a bit of a resurgence. There have been several deaths associated with this drug in the past few weeks. The people who...
What we think. We need to pay more attention to the thinking around marijuana use and particularly the use by teens. What we think determines how we feel and act. So we need to really pay attention to whether or not what we are thinking is true. If we really like something that makes it difficult...
Eyes Wide Open It is very easy to think that whatever is going on with your teen is just “teen” stuff. If we are not careful we will often pass off changes as being just “growing up” or “experimenting” or “teen angst”. We can also really get caught by...
Alcohol is still the number 1 problem drug, because society has a high degree of acceptance for alcohol use we often don’t see it “as bad”. ‘Most girls drink to fit in’ By Ann Dowsett Johnston www.threstar.com Sun Nov 20th. It’s tea time at Tim Horton’s,...
