When Hopscotch and Bubblegum Get Traded for Drugs and Razor Blades

Behavioral and substance disorders within the adolescent population is challenging to deal with.  We face these as parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, siblings and as teachers or probations officers.  It is never easy to watch someone, especially our youth, succumb to an addiction.  Addiction is a family disease.  One person may use, but the whole family suffers. Become educated about why these teens may turn to addiction, signs and effects of addiction, treatment approaches and how to support them without enabling them.