How can substance abuse be prevented
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PRINCIPLE 5 - Family-based prevention programs should enhance family bonding and relationships and include parenting skills; practice in developing, discussing, and enforcing family policies on substance abuse; and training in drug education and information.
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Addiction is a treatable, chronic and deadly disease, as defined by the American Medical Association. It is unlike any other disease in that the person suffering from the disease doesn’t realize their condition is a problem. Modern medicine doesn’t have a “cure” to addiction, which makes the process more complicated. There are a variety of self-help groups and medically assisted treatments (MAT) available for addiction but the prerequisite to treatment is the substance abuser admitting they have a problem. Typically, the addict or alcoholic is the last person to realize they are in active addiction.