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How to Help Your Kid Take a 30 Day Break From Marijuana, with Fred Muench

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How to Help Your Kid Take a 30 Day Break From Marijuana, with Fred Muench
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Episode 261 ABOUT THE EPISODE: Consider this your wakeup call: In 2023, the number of people using marijuana products daily surpassed those who use alcohol daily – even though three times as many people drink. Young people aged 18-25 make up the largest group of those daily users. As president of the Partnership to End […]

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How Substances Hijack Motivation and Meaning in Young Brains, with Dr. Judith Grisel

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How Substances Hijack Motivation and Meaning in Young Brains, with Dr. Judith Grisel
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Episode 254 ABOUT THE EPISODE: From the age of 12, Dr. Judy Grisel loved every drug she tried immediately. Over the next decade of intensive use, she found herself kicked out of high school and two colleges, homeless, and contracted hepatitis C from a dirty needle. At the age of 22, she was told she

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Lost in the Haze: A Primer on The Perfect Storm of Teens, ADHD, and Marijuana

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Lost in the Haze: A Primer on The Perfect Storm of Teens, ADHD, and Marijuana
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Episode 250 ABOUT THE EPISODE: A significant number of parents in the Hopestream community find themselves facing three major issues with their kids: ‘unfinished’ adolescence brains, heavy use of marijuana, and ADHD. That probably shouldn’t be surprising; kids with ADHD are more likely to use substances earlier and more dangerously than neurotypical kids. Fortunately, though,

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Johnny’s Ambassadors: How One Mother’s Loss Started a Youth Marijuana Awareness Movement, With Laura Stack

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Johnny’s Ambassadors: How One Mother’s Loss Started a Youth Marijuana Awareness Movement, With Laura Stack
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Episode 167 ABOUT THE EPISODE:If you currently have a teen or young adult, you likely grew up in an era of marijuana liberalization and legalization. At that time, many of us learned that marijuana was not nearly as dangerous as we were led to believe by films like Reefer Madness and claims that showed our

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The High Cost of High-Potency Marijuana For Adolescents, with Dr. Libby Stuyt

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The High Cost of High-Potency Marijuana For Adolescents, with Dr. Libby Stuyt
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Episode 162 ABOUT THE EPISODE:When voters in Colorado legalized marijuana in the year 2000, they did so with good intentions: as compassionate health care for people with serious conditions.  After all, the FDA was approving THC-based medicines like marinol at doses of 20mg.   Then concentrates hit the market. In Colorado today, an 18-year-old with

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Parenting in the Real World: 5 Moms Share The Key Lessons Learned From Parenting Kids Who Are Misusing Drugs & Alcohol

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Parenting in the Real World: 5 Moms Share The Key Lessons Learned From Parenting Kids Who Are Misusing Drugs & Alcohol
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Episode 121 ABOUT THE EPISODE:No matter where you are on the journey with a child misusing substances, chances are you've faced two very dangerous lies:  1. that you've failed as a parent, and/or2. that you're alone in the fight for your child In this week's Hopestream episode, I have the honor of introducing you to

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Coaching Episode: How To Cope And Find Contentment With A Son Home From Treatment, Unmotivated, Anti-Everything, And Disconnected From The Family

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Coaching Episode: How To Cope And Find Contentment With A Son Home From Treatment, Unmotivated, Anti-Everything, And Disconnected From The Family
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Episode 105 ABOUT THE EPISODE:In this coaching episode, you'll hear the frustration, confusion and sadness a mom experiences when her 16-year-old son returns from wilderness and residential treatment only to hate where he lives, return to smoking pot, barely makes an effort at school, and doesn't want to be part of the family. On the

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Reframing the ADHD Diagnosis and Understanding Why People Self-Medicate with Marijuana, with Dr. Ned Hallowell

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Reframing the ADHD Diagnosis and Understanding Why People Self-Medicate with Marijuana, with Dr. Ned Hallowell
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Episode 99 ABOUT THE EPISODE:If you have a son or daughter with ADD or ADHD you already know the struggle…especially if it's not officially diagnosed and you're floundering with the very real symptoms. You probably also know about self-medicating with marijuana and the slippery slope that follows. Dr. Ned Hallowell, prolific author (most recently ADHD

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Coaching Episode #3: Finding Points of Control When Life Feels Chaotic; Post-Residential Struggle, Marijuana Use, Mental Health Concerns And A Very Tired Mom

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Coaching Episode #3: Finding Points of Control When Life Feels Chaotic; Post-Residential Struggle, Marijuana Use, Mental Health Concerns And A Very Tired Mom
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Episode 98 ABOUT THE EPISODE:Our coaching episodes are always hugely popular and today you'll get to hear how Mandy is dealing with a high-risk teenager who's been to residential treatment and is now home, returning to old habits (marijuana) and friends, and is newly on probation…⁠⁠Plus she works for the city she lives in, so

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Golden Nuggets from 2021: The Best of The Episodes You Need To Hear if Your Child Struggles With Substance Use or Addiction

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Golden Nuggets from 2021: The Best of The Episodes You Need To Hear if Your Child Struggles With Substance Use or Addiction
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Episode 94 ABOUT THE EPISODE:It's a wrap! 2021 held so many amazing things, and frustrating things (aka COVID) so to send the year out with a bang, I gathered up some of the most downloaded episodes of Hopestream and have put together a compilation for you. These 10 episode snippets will give you a good

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