Creating Awareness about Drugs and Alcohol among Children Port Angeles WA

Children’s trust in parents can go way up on the scale when they actually researched the topic of drugs with their parents. Many successful parents decide that one of the best ways to avoid their children being drawn into drugs, is to educate them, and learn together, rather than simply condemning the topic out of hand.

Trillium Treatment Center
(360) 457-9200
528 West 8th Street
Port Angeles, WA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders

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Klallam Counseling Services
(360) 452-4432
1026 East First Street
Port Angeles, WA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women

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Peninsula Community Mental Health Ctr
(360) 457-0431
118 East 8th Street
Port Angeles, WA
Hotline
(360) 452-4500
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
Language Services
Spanish

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True North Student Assistance and
(360) 464-6870
7219 Cleanwater Lane
Tumwater, WA
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents

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Center for Alcohol and Drug Treatment
(509) 662-9673
327 Okanogan Avenue
Wenatchee, WA
Hotline
(509) 662-9673
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment, Detoxification
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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West End Outreach Servs Oak Street Ctr
(360) 417-9456
109 North Oak Street
Port Angeles, WA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Women, Men
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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True Star Recovery Program
(360) 417-2282
1912 West 18th Street
Port Angeles, WA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Criminal justice clients

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Highland Courte
(360) 417-5356
1704 Melody Circle
Port Angeles, WA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less)
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with HIV/AIDS, Gays and Lesbians, Seniors/older adults, Women, Men

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Therapeutic Health Services
(206) 323-0930
1116 Summit Avenue
Seattle, WA
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Men, DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Hmong, Mien, Spanish, Tagalog

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Social Treatment Opportunity Programs
(253) 471-0890
4301 South Pine Street
Tacoma, WA
Services Provided
Substance abuse treatment
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Creating Awareness about Drugs and Alcohol among Children

Children require a lot of power to stand firm under peer demands and media control. The most helpful weapon when it comes to alcohol and drugs for your children is facts and knowledge, instead of shock strategy and pressure from their parents. Children’s trust in parents can go way up on the scale when they actually researched the topic of drugs with their parents. Many successful parents decide that one of the best ways to avoid their children being drawn into drugs, is to educate them, and learn together, rather than simply condemning the topic out of hand. Children usually believe things that they figure out for themselves, rather than things that they have head from their parents secondhand. Also, as most parents know, teenagers want to do the exact things that their parents say is “bad for them”. So, taking the time to research together with your children will encourage them to absorb what they are learning about, rather than simply giving out parental warnings and threats that they can shrug off.It’s not uncommon that the more those parents say “don’t do it”, then the more their kids want to. Many of the children who do use alcohol and drugs, in fact had very strict parents who would not even speak of such habits in the household. And thus these are the children seem to fall prey to a taboo effect. The psychology of taboo means that children often try something simply because they are not supposed to. Don’t add the mysti...

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