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From Grief to Action is here for you if your son or daughter has, or might have, an addictive disorder. Lift your spirits with practical information and sympathetic suggestions right here, right now.
Are you in crisis now?
- Downloading our Coping Kit (see the button at left) enables you to learn from parents who have rebounded from being literally "at wits' end."
- Parents Forever is the Greater Vancouver support group especially for you. Here's more.
- Treatment for your child may be quickly available. The Crossing is publicly funded for many BC residents and may have space in its effective long-term residential program.
Not in crisis but needing reliable information?
- Learn about B.C. treatment centres and support groups, listed here by REGION and regularly updated.
- Choose drug and self-help documents and links, by CATEGORY.
events
news
- DAY PROGRAM FOR FIRST NATIONS WOMEN April 17 - June 7
- Toxins around kids -- let's reduce the risk May 11
- Beyond Prohibition: History, Harms and Alternatives to the War on Drugs May 15
- Video premiere highlights importance of parents in drug death prevention May 16
- More Events
- Cheap meth from Mexico threatens a new wave of addiction May 13, 2012
- 16-year-olds at greatest risk for misusing prescription drugs May 11, 2012
- Teens facing addiction and mental illness need services that treat both May 10, 2012
- What became of B.C.'s ayahuasca experiment? May 10, 2012
- Canadians 'empathetic' to those with mental illness, addiction: Report May 9, 2012
- Cause or effect of depression in teens? Meth and Ecstasy study suggests "cause." May 8, 2012
- Ever thought you should approve of the parents of your teen's friends? May 3, 2012
- Brain imaging study de-links ADHD and addiction risk April 30, 2012
- Support group now available on the North Shore in Metro Vancouver April 18, 2012
- Manitoba expands "drug court" model to "mental health court" April 17, 2012
- More Effective Pain Killers And Anti-Addiction Medicines Likely Following Discovery Of Atomic Structure Of Molecule That Binds To Opioids In The Brain March 23, 2012
- Methadone disproved as superior treatment for opiate addiction March 12, 2012
- Harm reduction key issue at student drug conference March 8, 2012
- Good news for Alzheimers research might mean bad news about memory effects of medical marijuana March 6, 2012
- Will his smart phone intervene when addiction cravings hit? February 13, 2012
- Treatment mode for cocaine addiction: different for men and women? February 1, 2012
- One talk with your teen about drug dangers doesn't cut it, parents! January 31, 2012
- Potential Target Identified For Anti-Craving Medications January 26, 2012
- Survey gets personal with teens who drink to excess January 24, 2012
- 3-part series in The Lancet takes a global look at drugs January 9, 2012
- The teen who debates with Mom may be pressure-proofing himself January 3, 2012
- Adolescent Drinking May Be As Important A Risk Factor For Criminal Activity As Illicit Drug Use December 28, 2011
- Link between anxiety disorders and opioid abuse shows up in new study December 14, 2011
- Cocaine study shows crime's link to addiction does not warrant a war on drugs December 6, 2011
- Mid-Vancouver Island now has therapeutic community (for men) November 25, 2011
- NWT city models how to keep kids off booze and drugs November 14, 2011
- Drug treatment courts are succeeding in their goal November 9, 2011
- Appeal process changed to the disadvantage of those denied a disability pension November 1, 2011
- Teens likelier to have access to alcohol, marijuana, prescription drugs when family dinners infrequent September 22, 2011
- Health Sciences students seek advice from those with addiction disorders August 22, 2011
- Ontario rules limit info on mentally ill in police checks July 25, 2011
- Groups can order free kit for learning about the Registered Disability Savings Plan July 20, 2010
- More News
quick links
- crisis stages not sure where to start?
- find a support group parent support groups
- resource library useful documents & links
- read others' stories journals & stories