Product Description: Childhood and Chemical Abuse highlights the most recent prevention and intervention strategies for fighting substance abuse among children and adolescents. The contributors--all experienced researchers and service providers in the chemical abuse field--clarify the negative impact that substance abusers can have on the health, welfare, and productivity of others, document the increased risk of becoming substance abusers that children of substance abusers face, and examine the major causes and correlates of chemical dependency in youth...read more

Product Description: Parents learn how to prevent their teenagers from abusing alcohol and drugs.

Product Description: Book by Tierney, Michael

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'Written for parents struggling with their teen's drug use, this book offers hope in the midst of heartache and pain. It chronicles events from the time the Pride's son was court-ordered to participate in a therapeutic wilderness program in Utah to the time he left for college '--Provided by publisher.

Product Description: Does success in school protect teenagers from drug use? Does drug use impair scholastic success? This book tackles a key issue in adolescent development and health - the education-drug use connection. The authors examine the links and likely causal connections between educational experiences, delinquent behavior, and adolescent use of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine...read more