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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hazelden's teen/young adult program was very helpful for my nephew.

http://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/treatment/locations/plymouth[/quote]

Nephew poster here.  Percocet (prescribed for legitimate pain) to heroin addiction in Ivy League school.  OD'd and lived.  Graduated with 4.0 GPA.  Got clean with several attempts at rehab.  Went to NA.  Got a second degree in hard sciences to apply to medical school.  Still clean after 7 years.  Was in a car accident earlier this fall.  ED gave him percocet and he stupidly took it.  Back to heroin in a week.  Died second week of November of heroin (heavily laced with fentanyl according to the medical examiner) OD.  Top of his medical school class.

Believe me, this did not happen because his parents did not intervene and "stop" his addiction.  His parents would have done anything for him and did do everything possible to help him.

Addiction is an illness.  Parents can get kids help, but cannot prevent addiction especially as kids get older.

There is so much bad information in this post.  Drug use is scary in any kid.  Rely on real addiction experts to get help.

Addicts are people, many of whom appear quite normal outwardly.  They are not necessarily the "druggies" you think of as dirty, homeless, and social outcasts.  my nephew was never a social outcast.

Anyone who refers to medical treatment of heroin as legal junkies has absolutely no idea about what addiction really is.

Addiction is a disease.

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I'm so sorry about your nephew, PP. His story is absolutely heartbreaking.[/quote]

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