Las drogas y su familia

Operation Prevention, DEA and Discovery Education's joint educational initiative, recently launched a set of culture-based prevention materials for elementary and middle school students.

April 20, also known as “420,” is a day popular with many marijuana smokers. They see this date as an unofficial holiday and celebrate by getting high.

La temperatura por fin está ascendiendo poco a poco y, después de haber pasado meses encerrados en casa, es probable que sus hijos se mueren de ganas por salir y reunirse con sus amigos. 

(Partnership to End Addiction) While the hope is that your child will readily and quickly agree to treatment, don’t despair if they first say no or need more time to think about it. There will be opportunities to raise the subject again. Managing your expectations around them engaging with, and staying in, treatment are a part of good self-care.

Al igual que con el uso indebido de sustancias, los trastornos alimenticios pueden vincularse con una conducta compulsiva enfermiza, que puede tener efectos devastadores en el bienestar físico y mental. 

Addiction can happen at any age, but it usually starts when a person is young. It’s the result of changes in the brain that can come from drug use. Addiction affects how people think and what they do. But what exactly are the signs? 

(Partnership to End Addiction) Discovering that your child could be using substances stirs up a lot of emotion. The best way to find out what’s going on, and to begin helping, is to start talking.

(Partnership to End Addiction) According to the most recent data, numbers are in the single digits among 12-17-year-olds who smoke (2%), drink alcohol (9%) or use marijuana (7%).

Hace unos años, Fran Harding, ex directora del Centro de Prevención de Abuso de Sustancias de la Administración de Abuso de Sustancias y Servicios de Salud Mental (SAMHSA, por su sigla en inglés), nos dio unos cuantos consejos para iniciar esta conversación. 

Los medicamentos de venta con receta son las sustancias que más usan los adolescentes de forma indebida, después de la mariguana y el alcohol.