Creating Awareness about Drugs and Alcohol among Children Brawley CA

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.

Volunteers of America
(760) 353-8482
1331 Clark Road
El Centro, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification, Halfway house
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
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Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women, Men
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Imperial County Alcohol and Drug Prog
(760) 337-7767
1331 Clark Road
El Centro, CA
Hotline
(760) 336-2265
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women, Women
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ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Imperial Cnty Dept of Behavioral Hlth
(760) 337-7898
1295 State Street
El Centro, CA
Hotline
(800) 817-5292
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men
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Spanish

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Horizon Services
(510) 450-1190
3839, 3841, and 3845 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, CA
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Substance abuse
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Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Women

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Orange County Health Care Agency
(714) 834-8600
1725 West 17th Street
Santa Ana, CA
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Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women, Criminal justice clients
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ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Imperial Valley Methadone Clinic Inc
(760) 482-0864
680 West Main Street
El Centro, CA
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Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification
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Outpatient
Language Services
Spanish

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Imperial Valley Drug and Rehab Clinic
(760) 312-9817
1745 South Imperial Avenue
El Centro, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Methadone Maintenance, Methadone Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Spanish

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Katargeo Inc
(707) 557-7020
1652 Fairgrounds Drive
Vallejo, CA
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Women, Men, Criminal justice clients

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Paths Program
(559) 453-8300x38397
515 South Cedar Street
Fresno, CA
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Pregnant/postpartum women, Women

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Salvation Army
(310) 478-3711x48761
11301 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
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Substance abuse
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Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Men

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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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