Top 5 Reasons Adolescents who are Abusing Drugs and Alcohol Need Residential Addiction Treatment for a Minimum of 30 Days Teen TreatmentBy The Right StepOctober 7, 2010Adolescent addiction treatment programs are provided at The Right Step to help teens overcome their dependence on drugs and alcohol. While there are a number of treatment options for helping teens with a substance abuse addiction to increase their chances of enjoying a healthy state of recovery, it’s important to note the reasons why residential… Details
Top 5 Reasons Adolescents Don’t Want To Go To Addiction Treatment and Prefer to See Psychiatrists and Therapists Teen Drug Addiction, Teen TreatmentBy The Right StepSeptember 30, 2010Parents of youths with drug addictions or alcohol addictions often wonder why their teenager seems to accept receiving treatment from a psychiatrist or therapist much more readily than accepting addiction treatment from professionals at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. Details
Drugs and Crime: The Impact of Drugs Within Societies Drug AbuseBy The Right StepSeptember 13, 2010Drugs and crime are inextricably linked. The damage they do within societies – whether in the United States or countless countries worldwide – is widespread and seemingly unstoppable. Just look at the violence spreading across the border as Mexican drug cartels wage bitter war against each other in a death-grip for control of lucrative drug… Details
Cyberbullying Linked to Increases in Mental Health Problems in Teens Teen Mental HealthBy The Right StepJuly 7, 2010For children growing up in the technological generation, the threat of bullying has excelled to a new playing field. Nowadays, adolescents have the capacity to harass each other through cell phones, text messaging, picture messaging, e-mail, chat rooms, social networks, and beyond. New scientific data is revealing that both teenage victims and perpetrators of cyberbullying… Details
Pill Mills in Our Own Back Yard: Harris County Texas provides easy access for prescription pill abuse. prescription drug abuseBy The Right StepJune 3, 2010Recent data collected by the Texas Department of Public Safety demonstrates that in Harris County obtaining a prescription for often abused controlled substances is very easy. In fact, some of the highest prescribing doctors in the state reside right here in Houston’s largest county, Harris County. The clinics responsible for the highest numbers of abusable medications are known as “pill mills” because they appear more like mass-production factories than actual medical clinics. Details
Adolescents’ Perception of Friends’ Drinking Behavior SocietyBy The Right StepApril 14, 2010Peer influence is an important factor in decision-making among adolescents. Parents, teachers, and other adults take a backseat, as tweens and teens start to consult friends their own age about choices and problems.
Drug-Related Grounds of Criminal Inadmissibility into the United States Alcohol and Drug NewsBy The Right StepFebruary 17, 2010If a foreign national triggers one of the US immigration drug-related criminal grounds of inadmissibility (section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration & Nationality Act), he or she could be permanently barred from entering the US. Most drug-related criminal inadmissibility is potentially waivable for non-immigrant visas. Many of those who have been convicted of drug offenses, however,… Details
One in Five Teens Share Their Prescription Drugs with Friends Teen Drug AddictionBy The Right StepSeptember 17, 2009The study mentioned in this post was published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health. A survey of 12- to 17-year-olds in the U.S. has found that about 20 percent said they have given their prescription drugs like Oxycontin and Darvocet to friends or obtained drugs for abuse the same way, Reuters reported Aug. 18.… Details
Internet Can Help Curb Drinking Among College Students Alcohol and Drug NewsBy The Right StepSeptember 17, 2009WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) — Heavy drinking is a growing problem among university students, but an Internet-based intervention may help them control their alcohol use, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data from a Web-based alcohol-use screening test taken by more than 7,200 undergraduate university students, aged 17 to 24, in Australia, and found… Details
Betty Ford 5 Star Kids Joins The Right Step in the Fight Against Addiction Alcohol and Drug News, Alcohol and Drug TreatmentBy The Right StepJune 18, 2009As incredible as it may seem, almost 400,000 Texans that will struggle with the disease of addiction this year and there are thousands more — family and friends — that will be directly affected. Here at The Right Step, we see first hand the devastating effects and the remarkable healings that come from providing compassionate… Details
