Help for Parents of Troubled Kids
help for parents of troubled kids – Slide show demonstrating the hopes and dreams of young parents, the children turning to drugs, and the devastation their addiction leaves behind on the parents. All photos respectively came from creative commons licensing, off the flickr website.
Program teaches signs of drug abuse
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Children know “glading” or “dusting” refers to huffing and “pharming” to abusing prescription drugs, but their parents often do not. “For many parents, this can be overwhelming,” Powell said. The program came to Pataskala's renovated Sterling Theater …
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Nassau County Unveils Task Force Initiatives
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“I am not the first parent to lose a son to drug addiction,” Ms. Kroll said, “but hopefully I can be one of the last.” A visibly moved Mangano praised both the courage of Ms. Hickey and Ms. Kroll for both addressing the subject in public and for …
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Former NBA star Chris Herren will speak to Staten Island parents about drug …
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Chris Herren has told his story of basketball triumph thwarted by drug abuse to high schoolers on Staten Island, and now, he's looking to inform the borough's parents on what to look for if they're worried their children are …
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