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Troubled teenagers programs may help children with medication addictions

By Staff Writer

Last year, New York resident Jane Smith said she started noticing differences in her son Joe's behavior, Staten Island Live reports. His grades slowly starting falling, he was unable to control his anger and she noticed money and jewelry disappearing from her family's home.

Although Joe said he smoked marijuana occasionally, Smith and her husband believed there was a deeper problem. They decided to give their son a drug test and search his room. The drug test proved that Joe had been using opiates. A quick search of his room revealed bottles of Vicodin and Percocet, according to the news provider.

The National Institute of Drug Abuse reports that opioids are drugs that are commonly use to relieve pain.

According to the institute, teens may take opioids by swallowing the pills. These drugs can also be crushed and then snorted or injected, which has caused many overdose deaths. While pills are designed to release the medication into the body slowly, when the pills are crushed they enter the bloodstream too fast and can cause deadly reactions.

Parents who believe that their children may be abusing medications may want to research troubled teenagers programs. Many of these institutions can give students the extra support they need to combat an addiction.

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