{"id":45,"date":"2012-05-19T01:02:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T01:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rockandrollshrink.com\/?p=45"},"modified":"2012-04-16T01:14:14","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T01:14:14","slug":"article-adolescent-athletes-and-substance-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rockandrollshrink.com\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"Article &#8212; Adolescent Athletes and Substance Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While most persons realize that many of today\u2019s adolescents are substance users of varying degrees and types, many don\u2019t equate substance abuse and\/or dependency with youthful athletes. Sadly, this is an all too frequently seen occurrence. For coaches, parents, educators,\u00a0or clinicians whointeract with or\u00a0relate to youth regularly and want to try to understand and recognize this phenomenon when they see it, this article might assist you in this process. In addition, some recommendations are given as to what to do should the individual become concerned about a teen athlete who is abusing and\/or addicted to various substances.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockandrollshrink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Teen-Athletes-Drug-Abuse.pdf\">Click here to read &#8220;Teen Athletes &amp; Drug Abuse.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 51px; height: 21px; overflow: hidden;\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.rockandrollshrink.com\/?p=45\" data-send=\"false\" data-width=\"51\" data-show-faces=\"false\"><\/div><\/span><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_facebook\" href=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rockandrollshrink.com%2F%3Fp%3D45&amp;t=Article+%E2%80%94+Adolescent+Athletes+and+Substance+Abuse\" class=\"mr_social_sharing_popup_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rockandrollshrink.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/facebook.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Share on Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Share on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.rockandrollshrink.com\/?p=45\" data-via=\"rocknrollshrink\" data-text=\"Article \u2014 Adolescent Athletes and Substance Abuse\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.rockandrollshrink.com\/?p=45\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.rockandrollshrink.com\/?p=45\"><\/script><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Article \u2014 Adolescent Athletes and Substance Abuse&amp;body=http:\/\/www.rockandrollshrink.com\/?p=45\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rockandrollshrink.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/buttons\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Share via email\" title=\"Share via email\"\/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.rockandrollshrink.com\/?p=45\" data-text=\"Article \u2014 Adolescent Athletes and Substance Abuse\" data-desc=\"While most persons realize that many of today\u2019s adolescents are substance users of varying degrees and types, many don\u2019t equate substance abuse and\/or dependency with youthful athletes. 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