Do you know …

• A teen whose life is being adversely affected by alcohol and/or drugs?
• That according to data from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, more teens smoke marijuana in June and July than any other months of the year?
• That 1 in 10 (2.4 million) teens are abusing cough medicine to get high?^[1]
• That nearly 1 in 5 (4.5 million) teens have abused prescription pain medication to get high? ^[1]
• Inhalants can kill the first time they’re used?

^[1] Partnership Tracking Survey 2005 (2006). Partnership for a Drug Free America. Washington, D.C.

The adolescent intensive outpatient program

The Scripps drug and alcohol treatment program operates a 12-week intensive outpatient program for adolescents with substance-abuse issues. The program is a 12-week course of treatment, which meets three days (nine hours) per week at the center. Sessions are conducted after school at 3:30 p.m. The program is open to all adolescents up to age 18 — if still enrolled in school — or 17 if already graduated. Once enrolled, students and their families receive education and support services to avoid substance-abuse problems and make positive lifestyle choices.

Help for teens and parents

In order to help parents understand adolescent alcohol or substance abuse, the Scripps drug and alcohol treatment program offers free, weekly informational adolescent intervention seminars. Seminars are open to anyone interested in learning more about the widespread problem of adolescent addiction.

The Scripps drug and alcohol treatment program is contracted with most major insurance companies. For more information, to set up an assessment or to enroll a young adult, call 858-626-4300.