Youth Chemical Dependency
Addiction is a disease and many young people today suffer from addiction. Addiction and drug abuse can be initiated by using any number of mind or mood altering substances. Current statistics demonstrate a significant increase in the number of youth abusing prescription drugs. Remember addiction and mind/mood altering substances can be those things located right in your home such as cleaning products, gasoline, prescription medications, and over the counter cold medicines just to name a few. Youth with drug and alcohol problems have easy access to many substances we don’t typically think about.