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North Star CenterNorthStar Center
NorthStar is an aftercare program for young adults who have completed primary substance abuse treatment and are ready to move forward in their sobriety. At NorthStar, recovery is tailored for young adults in sobriety to include programming in recovery, responsibility, and recreation. This helps young adults learn to manage not only sobriety and irresponsible behavior but also the boredom and restlessness that young adults face is sobriety.

NorthStar's mission is to facilitate recovery from substance abuse/dependence and self-defeating behaviors so that young adults can achieve their educational and life goals.

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Sage WalkSage Walk
Sage Walk’s wilderness program offers a powerful and significant approach to help your teen overcome emotional and behavioral problems. Our mission is to resolve family conflict in order to reunite families that have been torn apart by the behavioral problems of a troubled child. Sage Walk was chosen as the wilderness program for ABC's Brat Camp in part to their effective drug and alcohol education component to help teens experimenting with substances.

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Teens With Too Much Money More Likely to Drink Heavily

A British study of more than 10,000 teenagers found that those with the most money are more likely to drink alcohol regularly.

Professor Mark Bellis advised parents to limit their teenagers’ allowances and assess to income from part-time jobs.

Researchers at Liverpool John Moores University looked at 10,200 teens ages 15 to 16 years. Over 90% reported drinking within the past six months, 38% were binge drinkers, and 25% drank alcohol more than twice a week. Teens with allowances of 30 pounds or more were twice as likely to be binge drinkers and to drink at least twice a week. Those who had allowances of 10 pounds or more per week were 50% more likely to binge drink.

British teenagers are some of Europe’s heaviest drinkers. Professor Bellis said that the study indicates that simply limiting a teen’s access to money could help solve the problem.

The study appeared in the journal, Substance Abuse Treatment and Policy.

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