Drug Abuse Examples
Drug Abuse Examples
Parents Need to Take the Lead Against Drug Abuse
By Rev. Ned Wicker,
I remember a conversation I had with a police detective some 35 years ago. He was telling me about what a mother had told him over the phone about her teenaged son. “Once he’s out of the house, he’s not our problem.” The detective, who served an upscale suburban community, was explaining to me that parents can be irresponsible and in his mind almost criminal in their neglect of children.
Parents are the most important people in a child’s life. They set the tone for everything. If parents abuse drugs, the children are likely to abuse drugs. If husbands beat their wives, their sons will likely be wife beaters too. If parents divorce and abandon their children, those children are not likely to become model parents either. Parents are the front line in the prevention of drug abuse and there’s so much they can do to try to secure the best possible future for their children.
The trouble is parents want schools to do everything. Teachers become parents, because “once he’s out of the house he’s not our problem.” What happens in the home is more important than what happens in the classroom. Parents can set the example by being informed. That begins with understanding the dangers of prescription medication. What is in your medicine cabinet? Do you know what medications are in the house, and how much of that medication you have? Are medications out of date?
Take an inventory and keep track of what is in the house.
If a medication runs out too quickly, that is a sign that someone might be abusing that drug. Talk to your kids and make this a family project.
Teens especially will experiment with drugs. They hear about the experiences of their friends. They want to be cool and part of the crowd. If they experiment with the drugs in your house, what will happen? If you have a pain medication, what will that do? If you have a stimulant of some kind, what will that do? What are the dangers of overdose? Ask yourself, what are the dangers to my child?
Take control. Be the parent, the adult. Have an open conversation with your children about drugs, especially the drugs in your house. Stay on top of it and know the inventory. Make connections with principals and teachers at the school, with your family doctor and pharmacist, and with local law enforcement officials.
Be savvy. Know what is in your house, in the community and the potential negative impact it will have on your family. Drug abuse prevention starts in the home with responsible parents. Having this family discussion and having a plan about how to handle the medications in your home will be an effective preventative measure.
About the Author
Rev. Ned Wicker is a certified hospital chaplain working with people who struggle Drug And Alcohol Addiction. His website is: Drug-Addiction-Support.org
How Does music promote, drug/Alcohol Abuse, gang ideology, aggression, etc, for youth?
How Does music (in particular rap and hip hop) promote, drug/alcohol abuse, sexism towards women, self harm, gang ideology, aggression, etc, for youth? is it through what they say? their videos? what?
Please answer this question in detail if possible. How are these things promoted? e.g. in lyrics? in mood? whatever. I would like some examples if possible.
How does it promote those thing, rappers rap about it. For some fans, rappers are their heroes. If he did it, its cool. Or it can be that it adds to an already negative environment. Lets say, my friends slang. I always hear that i should start selling drugs. Instead of having a voice of reason from my music, it makes selling drugs seam cool. Encourages me to slang. That’s all i can come up with. I hope that helped.
yes, but before hip-hop the criminals were glamorized in movies and rock music promoted sex and drugs use. it is nothing new. the only difference is that there are more rappers doing gangsta rap, because of their love of money. not the love of hip hop.
1) criminals, drug use, and sex have been glamorized before hip hop. Examples, purple have by Jimmy Hendricks, Bonnie and Clyde (they were just though of as crazy kids in love when they were no better than murderous thieves), and there were books that promoted a wild sex life (i mean, the joy of sex was published in the early 70s if i remember right)
2) hip hop needs to go in a different direction.
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