DRUGS & CHILDREN: Parents 'Under-Concerned, Overly-Confident'

Published March 6, 2014

DRUGS & CHILDREN: Parents 'under-concerned, overly-confident'
Research has shown parental involvement is critical to preventing drug and alcohol abuse in children, but "startling findings" from a Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation survey show many parents are largely unconcerned about the threat of drug abuse to their children and most admit they wouldn't know where to get help. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Press Release
PLYMOUTH Minn. March 6 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As youth drug and alcohol abuse continues to grow many parents say they are uninformed — and largely unconcerned — about the threat to their children. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Daughter's struggles drive lawmaker's fight for laws on prescription drug abuse
In response to her daughter's struggles, Rep. Doris Goodale, R-Kingman, is working with Sen. Kelli Ward, R-Lake Havasu City, to push legislation aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Parents in the Dark
PLYMOUTH, Minn., March 6, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As youth drug and alcohol abuse continues to grow, many parents say they are uninformed — and largely unconcerned — about the threat to their children. So finds a new nationwide survey commissioned by the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, the nation's largest nonprofit addiction treatment provider. "These startling findings suggest that … Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results