Baby Center: Drug Abuse In Older Adults / Documentary Video

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Drug Abuse In Older Adults / Documentary Video

Public domain video from the Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training (MCTFT). When we think of drug abuse, is the first thing that comes to mind often young people. That is not always the case. Drug abuse affects people of all age groups and America's baby boomer population is no exception. When drug use declines in some of the younger population, it also takes in older adults. The volumes have been born between 1946 and 1964 and now in their 40s, 50s and 60s and make our country the greatestGeneration. Many came of age in the 1960s, an era defined by sex, drugs and rock and roll. Some wore their bad habits into adulthood, but a growing number of people are drug users as a way of dealing with feelings of grief, financial difficulties, loneliness, health problems or other problems. Many younger age groups by the end of support for parents and children at the same time, so that they are part of the so-called "sandwich generation". The use of drugs in this group, the effects of the very peoplewho they care and love them. Drug Abuse and the Boomer generation is a one-hour program focused on a generation that is usually not the target of anti-drug efforts. Now, see, see how the signs of abuse and to explain how to prevent, treat and manage drug use in this generation. Key Points: Understanding listen to the problem of drug abuse among older Americans Learn which drugs baby boomers abuse most often, why the treatment is different for older adults learn to identify how toSubstance abuse to know how and where to get help if an adult drug abuse Find out how to help families and communities prevent drug abuse among baby boomers