Monday, November 1, 2010

20/20, Teens Hooked On Heroin

In case you missed the ABC News show 20/20 did on teens and heroin here is a link to the entire show.

Teens Hooked On Heroin

4 comments:

Syd said...

And today I read about a study citing alcohol as the most dangerous drug. It seems there is so much of hard drugs and booze these days. Hard to escape from any of it.

Erin said...

I read the article Syd is referring to and I have to disagree, there seems to be no worse drug than heroin and meth. I do agree that alcohol use is out of control, it is hard for a recovering addict to have any friends, as they all seem to drink. This has been the case with my son's friends. Also, what I gleaned from this program was that the "tough love" no contact with the addicted child did not seem to work. The families of the two children that were recovering were in close contact with the children and supported them all the way. My son has said that if I had cut off all contact with him and basically kicked him to the curb then he would have just spiraled down further into the hole as if your family doesn't care about you, then what is there to live for. It also makes me think about your recent post Ron about all of our cats being different and we can't skin our cat the way someone else is skinning their cat. I'd have to agree with that.

Lisa said...

So encouraging and discouraging at the same time....I called Caron Renaissance (our son IS DYLAN) and it is 48000 for 3 months with up to 40 percent scholarship allowed....still sooo much...and those two have been there for 8 months so I cannot even imagine how much those families have spent UGH. Wish I had it!!!

Leslie said...

We've done three stints at Caron (Pennsylvania) -- and at least seven in other rehabs -- but still, my son struggles with his heroin addiction. (Hi again, Dad and Mom.) I don't think there is a thing he could learn from the experience again. He's had a sober eight months. Not this year though. It wears me out.