By: JoAnn Kukulus, M.S. Clinical Psychology BBS Registered Intern at Adolescent Counseling Services Part II of blog series on Co-Occurring Disorders Read Part I: Co-Occurring Disorders: Diagnosis Regardless of which issue presented first, mental health or alcohol/substance abuse, recovery depends on acknowledging and treating both the alcohol/substance abuse and the mental health issue. The most […]
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Co-Occurring Disorders: Diagnosis
July 8, 2014 
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By: JoAnn Kukulus, M.S. Clinical Psychology BBS Registered Intern at Adolescent Counseling Services Increasingly at Adolescent Counseling Services, we are encountering clients who are struggling with both alcohol or substance use/abuse and mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, bi-polar disorder, and the effects of trauma (PTSD). The intersection of these conditions is rapidly gaining […]
Continue readingTeens are Receiving Mixed Messages about Marijuana
July 1, 2014 0 Comments
Source: yourteenmag.com By: Dr. Jack Stein The legalization of marijuana–whether medical, decriminalization or legal–is sending mixed messages to our teens. Is it like alcohol, for adults only? Is it addictive? We took our many questions to Dr. Jack Stein, Director, Office of Science Policy and Communications, National Institute on Drug Abuse. Now that marijuana is legal in […]
Continue readingWhat is “Palcohol”?
May 15, 2014 0 Comments
By: Beverly Reyes ACS Intern in Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Program Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/palcohol-powdered-alcohol-may-present-serious-health-risks/ A new product going by the brand name Palcohol got a rush of media attention this week. Palcohol is simply freeze-dried alcohol in powder form, packaged in small packets that promise an easy way to take a stiff drink on the go. Some health […]
Continue readingPot-smoking style linked to addiction risk
April 22, 2014 1 Comment
Source: http://www.reuters.com By: C.E. HUGGINS Marijuana smokers’ behavior is more important than the potency of their pot or how much of the psychoactive ingredient THC they take in for predicting who will become dependent, according to a small new study. Researchers have debated whether smokers of high-potency cannabis varieties are at greater risk of addiction because […]
Continue readingAlthough youth narcotics use is down, potency of ‘street drugs’ is up
April 15, 2014 0 Comments
Source: Palo Alto Online By: Chris Kenrick Use of narcotics — like those allegedly ingested by the Palo Alto 18-year-old who was arrested after trespassing and fighting residents on Colorado Avenue Friday, April 4 — has declined among local youth, according to survey data. But police and youth counselors said the increased potency of many […]
Continue readingMy Teen Does Not Think Marijuana is Dangerous- What Do I Say
December 5, 2013 0 Comments
Source: Yourteenmag.com Expert: Mark McConville Ph.D. QUESTION: My teen does not think that marijuana is dangerous. He thinks it should be legal and as far as he is concerned, everyone he knows uses it with any detrimental effort. So why shouldn’t he? What can I do to convince him otherwise. Yours is an increasingly common challenge for […]
Continue reading2012 Monitoring the Future Results on Marijuana Use
January 14, 2013 0 Comments
According to the Monitoring the Future 2012 survey daily and regular use of marijuana remains consistently strong across all grades surveyed (8th, 10th, 12th). Even more alarming is that fewer students believe there is a risk in using marijuana; among 12th graders only 20.6% view occasional marijuana use as risky, and only 44.1% view daily […]
Continue readingSynthetic Marijuana Causes Serious Health Probems
December 6, 2012 1 Comment
Post from CBSnews.com By:Michelle Castillo A new report shows synthetic pot sent 11,406 people to the emergency room in 2010. The number pales in comparison to the 461,028 people who went to the ER for marijuana-related causes in 2010, but it’s still a large number that’s concerning officials. One-third of the people who went to […]
Continue readingUse of Pot in Teen Years Linked to IQ Decline by Age 30
August 30, 2012 0 Comments
As recent studies have shown that marijuana use is extremely popular with adolescents, more so than alcohol and tobacco, further research, just released in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds that habitually smoking marijuana before age 18 showed an eight-point drop in IQ between the ages of 13 and 38, a considerable […]
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