Month: March 2009

Jack Osbourne takes Access Hollywood on a tour of Visions Adolescent Treatment Center.

Only seven years ago, Jack Osbourne was a party animal, now a grown up Jack Osbourne cleans up his act and gives Access Hollywood a rare look at his life in drug and alcohol rehab.

Watch this clip and see how we helped Jack with his problems with alcohol, oxycontin, marijuana and vicodin, and we can help you too.

If you need treatment for yourself, or you know someone who does and need immediate answers to your questions, please call 866 889-3665.

What causes teen drug abuse?

Unfortunately there is not one simple solitary cause for teen drug abuse. As we know addiction is a Bio-Psych-Social disease and all of these components (Biological, Psychological and Social) play a part in addiction. Some teens are more vulnerable than others. Having a relative that is an addict, battling with depression and hanging out with a crowd that uses drugs are all examples of factors that contribute to one’s vulnerability to addiction. Other factors that place teens at more risk than others include:

-lack of parental supervision

-poor communication or relations between teens and their parents

-inconsistency within the family

-inconsistency regarding rules or consequences

-impulsivity

-psychological distress

-excessive mood swings and sensitivity

– lack of drug education

Dr. David Lewis, medical director of Visions Adolescent Treatment Center in Malibu, Calif., says that poor performance in school is also a major clue. Numerous tardies might also mean kids are using between classes. Comments from teachers about a child’s attention level may indicate that he or she is attending class under the influence.

Visions Adolescent Treatment Centers Medical Director, Psychiatrist M. David Lewis MD, FSAM – quoted on the Forbes Magazines Website