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From the coauthor of the bestseller “Under the Influence” and the founding director of the American Council for Drug Education comes a much-needed T eens Under the Influence: The Truth about Kids, Alcohol, and Other Drugs — How to Recognize the Problem and What to Do about It  By Katherine Ketcham and Nicholas A. Pace, M.D.

Synopsis:
From the coauthor of the bestselling "Under the Influence" comes a much-needed guidebook for parents, their teens, and the professionals who work with them.

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ISBN: 034545734x
Subtitle: The Truth about Kids, Alcohol, and Other Drugs, How to Recognize the Problem and What to Do about It
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Subject: Adolescence - Drugs/Drinking
Subject: Parenting - General Publication
Date: August 2003
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Pages: 414

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TABLE OF CONTENTS


PART ONE: WHY KIDS GET HOOKED

Introduction to Part One 1

1: The Road Less Traveled 3

2: “If You Could Only See Inside Me” 11

3: Why Kids Get Hooked 23

4: Beyond the Genes 35


PART TWO: THE DRUGS

Introduction to Part Two 67

5: Alcohol 69

6: Nicotine 89

7: Marijuana 101

8: Inhalants 122

9: Methamphetamines 135

10: LSD and Other Hallucinogens 151

11: Ecstasy and other “Club Drugs” 165

12: Cocaine 179

13: Heroin 195

14: Oxycontin, Ritalin, and Other Prescription Drugs 207


PART THREE: WHAT PARENTS CAN DO

Introduction to Part Three 221

15: Seeing the Problem 225

16: Getting Help: Follow the L.E.A.D. Guidelines 237

17: Intervention 253

18: Treatment 270

19: Relapses 301

20: Staying Clean and Sober 317

21: L.I.S.T.E.N. 339

22: Kids Talking 364


Epilogue 369

Notes 371

Resources
Recommended Reading 389
Web sites for Parents and Teens 395
Finding a Treatment Center 401

Index 403

  

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HELPING TROUBLED YOUTH
New York Times review June 15, 2004

Teens Under the Influence covers the mechanisms and effects of alcohol and other drugs, the complex reasons children become addicted, when to seek help and what assistance to seek, how to tell when children are addicted, and how parents can fight back.  The book includes candid accounts by adolescents.

Of prescription drugs, a 17-year-old said:  "You want some pills?  Just go into your friends’ houses and look in the bathrooms."

A valuable chapter deals with helping parents realize that they should fully cooperate with probation officers and that they should not bargain with teenagers, make threats or make comments like, "Don’t you care about what this is doing to me?"

The book has a list of ways for parents to cope, like rescinding driving privileges until the child agrees to obtain help, stopping allowances and not making excuses for the behavior.  A mother who followed this advice for her alcoholic daughter said, "I told her she couldn’t live in my house any more if she continued to use drugs.  I took her house and car keys away.  It wasn’t easy, but I am convinced my actions and tough love saved her life."

 

 

  


 
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