…teens are ‘the ultimate herd animals’ when it came to experimentation with drugs. “They’ll try something they know to be risky, simply because they’ve heard others have tried it. It’s as if they’re convinced they’ll fall behind if they don’t.”
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As of now, there’s no single widely used treatment — other than giving up marijuana.
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Genetics appear to play a role, of course; so do environmental factors, including trauma — something that often haunts such families.
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A logical starting place for a community concerned about drug use would be with data collected by their own health departments and criminal justice agencies, with the aim of funding and implementing a continuum of services that reflects the actual (and likely future) needs of their own citizens.
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I remember the late James Milam PhD suggesting that the ability to vividly recall one’s first use of a substance might actually be an indicator of future problems.
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