Alcohol Treatment Vancouver
Alcohol Treatment Vancouver
Thinking about hosting a “safe” teen party where booze will be served? Think again.
Adults who condone teen drinking or turn a blind eye to it risk being judged by society and by a legal system that comes down hard on adults who facilitate underage drinking.
In Vancouver, a woman was recently charged with failing to provide the necessities of life after a 16-year-year girl was found dead at an underage drinking party the woman was “chaperoning.” In Manitoba, a couple faces similar charges after a 15-year-old girl drinking at their home wandered outside and froze to death.
These incidents highlight concerns many parents have about teen drinking and their role in educating kids about its responsible use.
Proponents of supervised drinking say it teaches teens how to drink responsibly in a safe environment. Critics say it provides parents with a false sense of security and does nothing to protect teens from the hazards associated with underage drinking including alcohol poisoning, drunk driving, sexual assaults, and unplanned pregnancies.
Psychologist Michael J. Bradley says adults who don’t repeatedly tell kids that drinking is dangerous are adults who silently tell them that drinking is okay.
“Contradictory to the myth, kids do listen when adults speak with respect,” Bradley writes in his blog.
Bradley, author of “Yes Your Teen is Crazy,” says the teen brain is prone to the addictive effects of substances like alcohol. He says alcohol is associated with everything bad that happens to teens including car crashes, failing grades, sexual assaults, arrest, unintended pregnancy, STDs and suicide.
“Do not provide booze to teens on prom night or any other time,” he writes. “If I insult you with that suggestion; congratulations. You are not among the 33 per cent of parents who voluntarily provide alcohol to adolescents, nor among the 24 per cent who drink with their teens.”
Statistics Box
· People who start drinking at a young age are more likely to develop alcoholism within 10 years of when they first started to drink. A study conducted by the National Health Institute found 47% of people who began drinking before the age of 14 developed a dependence on alcohol compared to the 9% of people who began drinking at age 21 or older.
· A national survey of students in grades 7-9 found that about two-thirds had already consumed alcohol. Another survey of Canadian youth aged 15-24 showed that 83% were current or past-year drinkers. (2007 Canadian Centre for Substance Abuse report titled Substance Abuse in Canada: Youth in Focus)
· Nationally, more than one third of students in grade 7-9 have binged on alcohol. That number increases to 40% for 15-19 year-olds. (Substance Abuse in Canada: Youth in Focus)
· Alcohol-related trauma is the number one preventable cause of death among young Canadians. A survey conducted by Smartrisk found almost 45% of all youth deaths involved motor vehicle crashes and of those nearly 40 % were alcohol related. (Smartrisk 2005 Survey)
· An Ontario study found about one in seven licensed students drink and drive. Almost 30% of those surveyed reported having driven with a drinking driver. (2005 Ontario Student Drug Use Survey)
Gordon C. Hay is executive director and founder of Venture Academy for Troubled Teens, a residential treatment program that provides an alternative to boot camps for teens. Venture Academy for Troubled Teens offers programs in Ontario and BC and serves clientele from throughout the US and Canada including those in Alberta, Newfoundland, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Visit http://www.ventureacademy.ca for details on Venture Academy’s unique programs for troubled teens.
Medical marijuana for ADHD/ADD?
O.K. so I am 100% sure i have ADHD or ADD. I don’t believe in Ritalin because its very close to crack, i ran into a lady and she works at a dispensary (I live in vancouver, so we have dispensary’s) and she told me medical marijuana is the best option for ADHD treatment and you can never overdose and there are different kinds for different needs, variety. the only thing is, is my mom is SET on the thought marijuana is a DRUG when its a plant. nature. and that it will lead me into harder drugs, how can i tell her this is for medicinal uses and good, how would i convince her to consider M.M.? (she’s a past drug/alcohol addict but adhd herself, very gullible) and also what are the benefits of M.M? how hard is it to get a green card here in Van? please give me as much Information as possible thanks 
Medical Marijuana is no more a DRUG than sugar is. Alcohol kills more people a year than Cannabis, and yet its still legal. There has never been one death from Marijuana, not one. The only way you could overdose is if you smoked so much that you died from to much smoke and no oxygen, not from getting high. It was once actually legal in the US and people would smoke it just like tobacco or drink it like beer, then the logging company’s made hemp illegal so they could keep cutting down trees and wouldn’t have any competition, over time the government made all of the cannabis family illegal so that they could keep making money off of their products instead of farmers growing natural medicine.
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