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9780882822501

What's a Parent to Do? Straight Talk on Drugs and Alcohol

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  • ISBN13:

    9780882822501

  • ISBN10:

    0882822500

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-09-01
  • Publisher: New Horizon Press
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Summary

What's a Parent to Do? by Nobel Peace Prize winner Henry David Abraham, M.D. bridges the knowledge gap between parent and child with a three-pronged approach: helping parents prevent drug/alcohol abuse before their child gets involved; providing readers with the essential facts on every street drug — from tobacco to heroin — that puts their children at risk; and showing parents what steps to take if their child already uses or is addicted to drugs or alcohol. Real life anecdotes and illustrated tables reinforce how to cope, and each chapter closes with "Take-Home Lessons: summarizing key points readers need to know when dealing with a particular aspect of drug/alcohol problems.

The battle to stop the epidemic of drug use among the young begins at home. Prevention works. Treatment works. This clear, concise guide shows how parents can make the difference.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Part I: What Parents Need to Know NOW: So Your Kid Won't Head Down the Slippery Path of Drugs and Alcohol
1(68)
The Terrible, Horrible, No-good World of Drugs
3(14)
Kids at Risk: Do Genes Matter?
17(8)
Heads-up Parenting: Red Flags and Golden Halos
25(20)
Prevention: The Best Treatment
45(12)
What the Three Pigs Can Teach Us about Drug Abuse
57(12)
Part II: Street Drugs: Rap Sheets on the Suspects
69(112)
Tobacco: The Kids Are the Market
71(10)
Marijuana: The Most Frequently Used Illicit Drug in America
81(16)
Alcohol: The Rite of Passage
97(22)
Acid: The Good, the Bad and the Permanent
119(14)
Ecstasy: The Dark Side
133(8)
Hypnosedatives: Sleeping for Keeps
141(4)
Anabolic Steroids: Muscles and Mood Disorders
145(8)
Psychostimulants: Coke and Speed
153(10)
Narcotics: Pills to Needles
163(8)
Odd Ducks, Street Turkeys and Other Uncommon Fowl
171(10)
Part III: What to Do If Your Kid Is Already Using Drugs
181(36)
Tips for Parenting the Friday Night Adventurer
183(8)
How to Manage an Overdose
191(6)
When Kids are Addicts
197(10)
Double Trouble: The Dually Diagnosed Kid
207(10)
Conclusion: How to Make the Drug Abuse Epidemic History 217

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