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BL
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1030130
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b784500
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| Main Entry
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Cermak, Timmen L.
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| Title & Author
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Marijuana : : what's a parent to believe? /\ Timmen L. Cermak.
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| Publication Statement
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Center City, MN :: Hazelden,, ©2003.
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| Series Statement
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The informed parent
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x, 253 pages :: illustrations ;; 21 cm.
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| ISBN
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1592850391
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: 9781592850396
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cannabis : putting pot into perspective -- Marijuana and the brain : prewired for pot -- Marijuana addiction? What is the evidence? -- Why teens begin using marijuana : the seductive power of pot -- High-risk teens : the unequal distribution of risk -- Teens in trouble with marijuana : when health and safety become issues -- Talking to teens about your use : for those who have inhaled -- Intervening to protect a child : exercising parental authority -- Treatment : what to expect -- Recovery : healthy mind, body, and spirit.
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Prevention : philosophies and protective factors -- Current debates about marijuana : cutting through the rhetoric -- Concluding thoughts : an open letter -- The twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous -- The twelve steps of Marijuana Anonymous.
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| Abstract
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Cermak's objective is to reorient the reader's perspective from marijuana itself to the brain, by weaving the latest research into a story about how the mind relies on a healthy, chemically balanced brain. In the process, readers will understand both the undeniable proof of marijuana's addictive nature.
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Drug abuse-- Prevention.
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Marijuana.
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Parenting.
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Teenagers-- Drug use.
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Adolescent.
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Brain Chemistry-- adolescent, Popular Works.
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Cannabis, Popular Works.
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Parenting, Popular Works.
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Street Drugs-- adverse effects, Popular Works.
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Substance-Related Disorders-- prevention control-- adolescent, Popular Works.
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Drug abuse-- Prevention.
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Marijuana.
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Parenting.
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Teenagers-- Drug use.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.29/5/0835
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| LC Classification
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HV5822.M3C395 2003
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| NLM classification
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WM 276C415M 2003
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