| If you enter a situation in which your child is guilty of | | | | that just accept the addiction and instead focus on |
| just a minor drug-related or influenced crime, then the | | | | damage reduction, like the free sterile needles |
| court can, at its discretion instead of sending your | | | | program to prevent aids. This is good at reducing |
| child to prison, may sentence the child to | | | | societal cost of drug use, but doesn't fix the problem |
| rehabilitation. Drugs and other substance abuse is hard | | | | itself. |
| on the body physically, because for a time, the body | | | | There is also the abstinence approach, which would |
| itself will suffer from withdrawal symptoms, and | | | | involve cutting use of the substance entirely. This is |
| possibly a relapse into the drug habit. | | | | often hard to do, because when the body suffers |
| Chemical imbalances in the body will be compensated | | | | from withdrawal, then it will itself look for drugs and |
| for by the treatment so that the body will not suffer | | | | possibly the drug victim could suffer a relapse of the |
| such a hard impact. In time, when the rehab program | | | | drug habit. |
| is completed, your child will have stopped his | | | | There are also other methods of treatment for drug |
| dependency on drugs and learned from his lesson, so | | | | abuse rehab, like medical treatment for the patient. |
| that he or she will not do drugs again, because now | | | | This would focus on stopping or cutting off the |
| the child is aware of the dangers of drug abuse and | | | | dependency and addressing the damage already done |
| will know firsthand the negative effects of addiction. | | | | to the victim's body. This is a long-term method of |
| Pros And Cons Of Different Treatments | | | | treatment, and because of the stigma associated |
| Different approaches to different drug problems are | | | | with being known as a drug user, victims may be |
| the norm these days. There are some alternatives | | | | unwilling to try it. |