Helping Parents Understand Addiction

Authors

Heather Grunig, Brigham Young University
Dr. Gordon Lindsay, Brigham Young University

Keywords

parents, addiction, drug treatment, substance abuse

College

Life Sciences

Department

Health Science

Abstract

In 2005, the United States spent over 3 billion dollars on drug treatment and research. This is about 25 % of the total budget for substance abuse (Whitehouse, 2006, p.2). Much of this money was spent to further the understanding of addiction. The information researchers uncover is often difficult to understand by the general public. Addiction is becoming a huge problem in the United States and Utah is not exempt from this problem. In fact one out of twenty persons in Utah suffers from an addiction to alcohol or drugs (Baker, 2004, p.2). It is a very discouraging disease and it can be difficult to know where to find reliable information regarding addiction. This project addressed these problems.

Recommended Citation

Grunig, Heather and Lindsay, Dr. Gordon (2013) "Helping Parents Understand Addiction," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 1178.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/1178