Helping Parents Cope With Teens’ Addiction

Helping Parents Cope With Teens’ Addiction – Minnesota’s Hazelden Foundation helps families tackle addiction.

Do parents know what their children face?

Filed under: drug abuse help for parents

… the drug trap? “Expect to be strongly manipulated. Expect to be given constant promises of getting help, of changing their ways. … Please always refer an addict for professional help. You cannot cure your child or friend of their addiction,” says …
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No easy answers to addiction problems: Readers React

Filed under: drug abuse help for parents

John Nygren, R-Marinette, who has seen the devastation of heroin addiction in his daughter's battle with the drug on Friday laid out legislation he says will help fight abuse and addiction in Wisconsin. (Oct. 4 … Addicted to heroin: Parents of crash …
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