Join Together: What trends are you seeing in adolescent abuse of synthetic drugs? Which designer drugs are becoming most widely used?
Dr. Lee: Most often, Hazelden doesn’t see young people who are addicted primarily to synthetic drugs, but we do see a lot of experimentation. Of synthetic drugs, marijuana seems to be the most popular agent, [...]
September 2011
1. My ex-husband is a heavy smoker and when our kids come home from a weekend with him they are disgusted by how they and their clothes smell – they’re more & more reluctant to spend time with him because of it. When I mention it to him, he just scoffs at the notion. [...]
August 2011
1. We have two sons – 17 & 12 – the older is constantly ranting about his belief that drugs (especially marijuana) should be legalized. He goes on and on about how using drugs doesn’t hurt anyone and how smoking weed is better for you than drinking, etc., etc. I’m worried his attitude will [...]
July 2011
1. Our 14yr old daughter is becoming very difficult to handle. She’s verbally abusive to everyone in the family and has been physical with me on a couple of occasions-nothing major just a shove. Her younger brother is actually becoming fearful of her. Not sure how to deal with this. We’ve talked about [...]
