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Science Of
Addiction
  • How Addiction Takes a Hold in the Brain
  • Drugs Target The Brain’s Pleasure Center
  • Neurobiology of Drug Addiction
  • Dr. Nora Volkow – Science of Addiction
  • Addiction Is a Disease of Free Will
  • Dr. Kevin McCauley - Pleasure Unwoven
  • Dr. Carlton Erickson - Science of Addiction
  • When Addiction Runs in the Family
  • Discovering Addiction Genes
  • Neurons Transport and Communications
  • Interactive Explore Activities
Am I an
Addict?
  • Addiction Symptoms
  • General Signs of Drug Abuse
  • Are You Addicted To Drugs
  • Addiction Progression
Stories of
Hope
  • My Addicted Father
  • My Life Story
  • An Addicts Tale
  • Addiction is a Disease Not a Moral Failure
  • Stronger Than Addiction
  • Addiction Treatment Kaiser Denied
  • My Addiction Recovery Story
  • Saving Jake: When Addiction Hits Home
  • Share Your Personal Story
Helping an
Addict
  • Tips To Talk To a Friend About Drug Use
  • How To Talk To Your Kids About Drugs
  • Signs & Symptoms of Drug Use
  • 10 Survival Tips For Loving An Addict
  • How to Deal with a Drug Addicted Family
  • Naloxone: Everything You Need to Know
  • Helping A Child With Addiction
Recovery
  • What is Recovery?
  • 12 Step Programs:
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  •  • Al-Anon/ALATEEN
  •  • Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
  •  • Other Self-Help Groups
  • 12 Step Program – Pro’s and Con’s
  • Stories of Hope
  • Share Your Personal Story
Resources:
Videos, Books, Etc.
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  • Crank by Ellen Hopkins
  • Taking the Ferry Home by Pam Conrad
  • Beautiful Boy & Clean by David Sheff
  • The Science of Addiction by Dr. Erickson
  • What Addicts Know by Christopher Kennedy Lawford
  • Alcoholics Anonymous
  • Parents to Ph.Ds: Interviews by: Cathy Taughinbaugh
  • Saving Jake: When Addiction Hits Home

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90% of addictions get their start in the teenage years. - “The Partnership at Drugree.org”
1 in 6 teens has used a prescription drug in order to get high or change their mood. - “The Partnership at Drugree.org”
More than 22 million Americans suffer every day with addiction to alcohol and other drugs and more than 100 million family members share their pain
It is estimated that 8 to 10 percent of the people have a genetic predisposition to addiction
Addiction sneaks up on our teens and leads to a cycle of same, isolation, failure and, far too often, death.
In 2012, an estimated 9.3 million underage persons (aged 12 to 20) drank alcohol, including 5.9 million binge drinkers and 1.7 million heavy drinkers. – “SAMHSA, 2012”
Approximately 1 of 12 kids in the U.S. over the age of 12 are addicted to drugs
Approximately 80% of American Children under the age of 18 have used alcohol and ½ smoked marijuana or tried other drugs.
Every day, more than 2,000 kids use a prescription medicine to get high for the first time.
2012, American Drug Policy confirmed: Addiction is a Chronic Disease of the brain and it can be treated.
Addiction impacts 1/3 of American household
90% of people who need treatment do not receive it
The government has spent over $1 Trillion dollars on the failed War on Drugs
More than 90% of people with addiction began smoking, drinking or using other drugs before age 18.
The US consumes 80% of the world’s opiates and 99% of the world’s Vicodin
The age of first use is getting younger and younger with a majority beginning at 12 years old and many as young as 10 years old.
129 Americans die as result of drug overdose in this country every day, and opioids are involved in 6 out of every 10 of these deaths
Heroin-related deaths jumped 39% from 2012 to 2013 and heroin-related overdose deaths nearly quadrupled, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nearly 90% of the people who tried heroin for the first time in the past decade were white. and a growing number are middle-class or wealthy.
People who are dependent on prescription opioids are 40 times more likely to abuse or be dependent on heroin, according to the C.D.C.
2.5 million people die from their addiction each year. 6,849 deaths per day, 285 deaths per hour and 5 deaths per minute.
Teens who learn about the risks of drugs from their parents are up to 50% less likely to use drugs.
One in four teens has misused or abused a prescription drug at least once in their lifetime.
More than 90% of people with a substance problem began smoking, drinking or using other drugs before age 18.
1,700 young adults died from prescription drug overdoses in 2014.
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