them?” “The easy availability of addictive opioids, depressants and stimulants on the net has, for many children, made the Internet a greater threat than the illegal street drug dealer,” says Joseph A. Califano Jr., Chair- man and Founder of the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia Univer- sity (CASA). You don’t need to actively surf the Web to find these sites. Many of them solicit using spam e-mails that invite the consumer to buy prescription drugs without a prescription. If you haven’t gotten these e-mails, a Google search for “opiates but no prescription” produces more than a million hits for sites, many of them offshore, offering controlled substances delivered to your door in a plain wrapper. All you need is a credit card.
Next let’s look at stress and various
chemical imbalances which may lead to drug use. Because stress is a major factor in disease and can directly affect a person’s moods, we need to understand more about it. Children as well as adults often turn to drugs to lift their moods when there are more effective, less dangerous, natural solu- tions. To get some idea of how stress can affect your moods and health, consider that the stress glands of the body (called the adre- nal glands) secrete 50 different hormones. For example, the adrenal hormone cortisol controls your blood sugar by break- ing down fat so you don’t experience fatigue or low blood sugar. When this hormone is out of balance you can experience mood swings, depression and have problems with weight. Another adrenal gland hormone, called noradrenaline, is secreted when you are under stress. This hormone takes blood from the digestive tract and puts the blood into your arms and legs. This can cause digestive problems. Furthermore, the adrenal hormone DHEA controls your estrogen reserves. When this hormone is out of bal- ance it can lead to sleep problems, PMS and menopausal symptoms, etc. At Sophia Natural Health Center, we test for adrenal function to insure that your child’s adre- nal glands are functioning properly. Most Natural Medicine Specialists should be able to do this. There is another tool you can use to fight the drug culture we live in besides trying to lead a drug-free life yourself. This other tool is knowledge, which will fill the void about the dangers of such drugs as mar- ijuana, prescription drugs and alcohol. Free booklets are available at the National Clear- inghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (
ncadi.samhsa.gov/) and National Institute on Drug Abuse (
nida.nih.gov/) websites.
If your child or any member of your family is abusing drugs and you need out- side help, here is an organization that can help with rehabilitation and prevention: Narconon International
www.narconon. org at 1-877-362-9682. This is the only drug rehabilitation program with a 75 percent success rate. As a Wellness Professional, I believe there are three major causes of health prob- lems: • Stress and related hormonal imbalances. • Bio-chemical imbalances due to the 82,000 chemicals which we can come into contact with each week through our water, food, and air. • Undetected physical damage, which can occur from past traumas leading to pain, headaches, and numerous other symptoms. We believe everyone, children and adults, should be evaluated to find out how these three causes could be impacting their health. Not only can these conditions lead to drug abuse or addictive behavior, they are important to one’s overall health. By keep- ing ourselves and our children healthy we are drug-proofing them in many ways. By staying healthy and keeping a healthy house- hold, we can protect our children from the impacts of drugs.
Kenneth R. Hoffman,
L.Ac, is the medical director for Sophia Natural Health Center in Brookfield where his specialties are hormone conditions, allergies, pain and medical ther- mography. He started private training under the tutelage of a Taoist medical and qi gong master in 1991 where he began learning the art of Chinese healing through Qi Gong, Herbology, Tui Na (Chinese medical mas- sage) and Tai Qi. He then went on to finish a 4 year Chinese medical school program at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. Hav- ing treated thousands of patients over the years including many children with ADD and ADHD, his center is one of the largest acupuncture and Oriental medicine centers in Connecticut. See ad on page 16.
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