spini4
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One parent told her son’s therapist that she didn’t want her son to go into drug rehabilitation because it would take too much time away from school.
Then there is the parent who didn’t ask questions as to why her son spent so much time in his room, locked, with friends.
Or the one who just couldn’t fathom how her child got involved with heroin when she, the parent, had told the child that smoking pot was alright as long as you don’t get arrested.
It is nothing short of amazing how parents can be in such denial, can care so little or just be so dumb when it comes to their children.
Attitudes like this don’t make work easier either for Mount Olive Detective Sgt. John Walker or Chester therapist Dari Dyrness-Olsen.
And it also doesn’t help that heroin, that most deadly of drugs, is cheaper and easier to get than ever.
It’s not even news anymore that heroin is the drug of choice for a growing number of young people. What they seem to often have in common is a lack of direction or even a good reason to get up in the morning, other than to get a good high.
Such highs come at an even greater price than ever. Walker said today’s heroin is purer than ever and gives a quicker high than ever. An overdose also can give a quicker death than ever.
There have been countless federal task forces and studies on what to do.
There was DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) and long before that, “Just say no.”
None of it worked. There is no easy answer.
Rather, the only answer is to have concerned, involved parents who care about their children and are willing to act like parents and ask tough questions. Parents have to work hard and not be their friends to their sons and daughters.
More at: http://newjerseyhills.com/mt_olive_...cle_8d6c8c22-f772-11e1-8252-0019bb2963f4.html
Then there is the parent who didn’t ask questions as to why her son spent so much time in his room, locked, with friends.
Or the one who just couldn’t fathom how her child got involved with heroin when she, the parent, had told the child that smoking pot was alright as long as you don’t get arrested.
It is nothing short of amazing how parents can be in such denial, can care so little or just be so dumb when it comes to their children.
Attitudes like this don’t make work easier either for Mount Olive Detective Sgt. John Walker or Chester therapist Dari Dyrness-Olsen.
And it also doesn’t help that heroin, that most deadly of drugs, is cheaper and easier to get than ever.
It’s not even news anymore that heroin is the drug of choice for a growing number of young people. What they seem to often have in common is a lack of direction or even a good reason to get up in the morning, other than to get a good high.
Such highs come at an even greater price than ever. Walker said today’s heroin is purer than ever and gives a quicker high than ever. An overdose also can give a quicker death than ever.
There have been countless federal task forces and studies on what to do.
There was DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) and long before that, “Just say no.”
None of it worked. There is no easy answer.
Rather, the only answer is to have concerned, involved parents who care about their children and are willing to act like parents and ask tough questions. Parents have to work hard and not be their friends to their sons and daughters.
More at: http://newjerseyhills.com/mt_olive_...cle_8d6c8c22-f772-11e1-8252-0019bb2963f4.html
