New York, NY 3/19/2010 12:20:24 AM
News / Education

Drug Abuse Treatment and Websites Popular with Young People

It is a sad fact that many of the people who engage in drug abuse are young people. Teen drug abuse is, unfortunately, a common occurrence. Further, cases of children as young as 12 abusing drugs have been reported. Fortunately, instead of pretending the problem does not exist, many groups and organizations instead engage in multiple efforts to warn children and teens of the dangers of drug abuse, and to provide drug abuse treatment information. Some of these efforts are very effective, but as anyone knows, it is very hard to get the attention of young people and hold it for very long.


Recently, however, another area has opened up. Websites popular with young people are proliferating, and teens are using them in ever increasing numbers. Websites popular with young people include social networks such as MySpace® and Facebook®. In addition, websites that show videos covering practically any subject (YouTube® is one example) are also attracting their share of viewers.


For this reason, some drug abuse treatment centers, such as G&G Holistic Drug Rehab and Addiction Treatment, are beginning to utilize these sites. In fact, G&G Holistic Drug Rehab and Addiction Treatment currently have a YouTube video link posted on the home page of its website: http://drugabusehelp.com/.


The video is very straightforward in its presentation of drug abuse treatment information. It doesn’t “preach”; rather, it simply shows the treatment options available and discusses the services that are provided by this particular drug abuse treatment center. Parents of young people who suffer from drug abuse can view this video for drug abuse treatment information. If they like what they see, they can call 1-800-559-9503 for further information.