Parents Can Prevent Drug Addiction: Xanax Education

Eleven million high school student (80 percent) and five million middle school students (44 percent) attend drug–infested schools. This means that they have personally witnessed illegal drug use, dealing, possession, drinking and/or students high on the school ground.

This is according to the National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XII   conducted by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA at Columbia University).

A new study released by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America reported that the number one reason teens use drugs is to deal with the pressures of school. The reasons have switched from “want to have a good time” to “I can’t deal with this.” The study also found that parents underestimate the impact of stress on their kids.

What is the solution?

Fortunately, another study shows that kids will listen to their parents when it comes to drugs.   If parents don’t want to say, Narconon can help and will be featuring drugs most likely to be used by kids these days.  One such drug is Xanax.

Xanax is a medication normally prescribed to treat insomnia and daytime anxiety. This may sound all well and good, however, Xanax is one of the most prescribed drugs on the market today, leaving patients open to Xanax abuse and Xanax addiction.

“Xanax does pose the risk for drug addiction and dependence,” comments Mary Rieser, Executive Director for Narconon Drug Rehab Georgia. “Children as young as 12 are abusing the Xanax they find in their homes.”

Xanax is classified as a depressant. Repeated use of large doses or, in some cases, daily use of therapeutic doses of Xanax is associated with amnesia, hostility, irritability, and vivid or disturbing dreams, as well as tolerance and physical dependence.

The withdrawal syndrome is similar to that of alcohol and may require hospitalization. Abrupt cessation of Xanaxi is not recommended and tapering-down the dose eliminates many of the unpleasant symptoms.

Those individuals who do abuse Xanax often maintain their drug supply by getting prescriptions from several doctors, forging prescriptions, or buying diverted pharmaceutical products on the illicit market.

Abuse is frequently associated with adolescents and young adults who take Xanax to obtain a "high." This intoxicated state results in reduced inhibition and impaired judgment.

Concurrent use of alcohol or other depressant with benzodiazepines can be life threatening.

Abuse of benzodiazepines is particularly high among heroin and cocaine abusers. A large percentage of people entering treatment for narcotic or cocaine addiction also report abusing Xanax. Alprazolam and Xanax are the two most frequently encountered benzodiazepines on the illicit market.

*source: DEA.gov

For more information on drug addiction rehab, prescription drug abuse, or drug education, call Narconon of Georgia at 1-877-413-3073.
 
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