Our Resources for Avoiding a Parent's Worst Nightmare - Substance Abuse

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Our Resources for Avoiding a Parent's Worst Nightmare - Substance Abuse

Category	Link
1. General Information	Seven Parenting Tips to Help Your Kids Avoid Drugs Keeping Your Child Substance Free Stages of Adolescent Substance Abuse Communication Tips for Parents A Doctor Challenges Teens to Act Responsibiliy Resisting Teen Peer Pressure Choosing a Drug Treatment Program Quiz: Is your teenager at risk? Quiz: How much do you know about Adolescent Substance Abuse? How do you communicate with a teen who you suspect is using drugs? SeeSaw: Our Readers Respond:Should you screen your child for drugs without their knowledge?
2. Smoking	First Cigarette in Grade 6 or below not uncommon An effective way to Reduce Teen Smoking How much smokers Pay for Cigarettes Parents - Join the Fight Against Teen Smoking The real reason dinosaurs became extinct Tobacco industry Targeting Teens Kids need encouragement not to Smoke Quiz: Test Your knowledge about Teen Cigarette Use
3. Alcohol	Help steer Teens away from Alcohol It's a Drug and it's not benign Out of control Teen drinking devastating Alcohol and Pregnancy do not Mix What Could Happen if you Drink and Drive
4. Marijuana	Marijuana Teen Questions Ten things every Teen should know about Marijuana How long does "pot" remain in the urine after it is smoked? Will the urine test for marijuana be positive if a child who in the same room with another person who is smoking "pot?"
5. Inhalants	Inhalant Abuse Information for Parents Inhalant abuse is on the Rise Is it okay to sniff nail polish?
6. Cocaine	The Facts about Cocaine
7. Ecstasy	What Parents should know about Ecstasy Hair Testing reveals rise in Ecstasy Use
8. Steroids	The Effects of Anabolic Steroids The Terminator attacks Steroids

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