Did you every wonder why present prevention tactics for teen drug use don’t work?
Alan Sharpe knows. Drugs, Lies & Teenagers by Alan Sharpe is an essential guide to the 10 drugs most frequently used by youth. It should be in every teacher or administrator’s desk and in the hands of every parent. Sharpe was once a drug addicted youth himself. He provides invaluable information from personal experience as a former drug affected teen, as a drug counselor, and as a teacher. In these pages you will discover: • how to tell when a teen is using drugs • how teens try to hide drug use • how to tell what drug he/she is on • what each drug looks like, smells like, and what it does to the user • what to do about it in the classroom, as a teacher, in the school as an administrator, and at home as a parent • why current drug programs such as DARE have failed “I’ve experienced the humanity behind the statistics. I’ve seen every perspective of the damage drug abuse does to people and families-from the teenage user, the helpless abuser, and the frightened parent to the frustrated co
