Teens and Drugs, Find the Answers!

Happy Holidays! We are dealing with an ongoing disaster, everyday of every year, that is more devastating to more people than the tragedies in New Orleans, Alabama and Mississippi combined. It kills more people everyday than Diabetes, Cancer and Heart disease combined. The cost and consequences of substance abuse places an enormous burden on American society. As the nation’s number one health problem, addiction strains the health care system, the economy, harms family life and threatens public safety. Substance abuse crosses all societal boundaries, affects both genders, every ethnic group, and people in every tax bracket. Scientific documentation defines alcoholism and drug dependence as a dis-ease that has roots in both genetic susceptibility and personal behavior. HELP US HELP OTHERS BY CLICKING BELOW!

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We are here to make recovery and positive change "cool" for everyone, not just for those whose life depends on it. Because if you keep doing what you're doing, you'll keep getting what you're getting. If you want something different you must do something different. Let's get cool! Smile...


INTERVIEW: Joanne Barron MA, CADAC - National Outreach Director for the Insight Treatment Program for Teens & Families. She has more than 30 years experience working in many capacities in the fields of teen substance abuse and mental health.



Joanne Barron MA, CADAC - Her early career experience includes teaching addiction counseling for Para-Professional Education and Training for Substance abusers. She was one of the first people in Los Angeles to teach addiction counseling. She helped to create the Teenage Alcoholism Program for the San Fernando Valley Council on Alcoholism, the first local program of its kind for teens with alcohol or drug problems. She also helped to open two of the first inpatient hospital programs in Los Angeles for adolescent substance abusers.