His team dealt with only high-end addictions where children wereusually dealing with other mental health issues. With many more being treated in the community by non-governmentorganisations,"it's a concern for everybody," he said. "There's very young kids in households where alcohol and drugs arerife and as you will see our services are seeing them and, as bestas they can, treating them." However, Dr Tapsell said real change would only come if thefamilies got involved and addressed wider issues around why thechild turned to alcohol and drugs. He said the younger the child, the easier it was to get them backon track. But unless drugs and alcohol were made less accessible, thesituation would not improve. "There is absolutely no doubt that the availability of alcohol andother substances is a really, really important factor in where kidswill end up. "The less available we make alcohol, legal substances and illegalsubstances, the more likely it is we'll reduce the number of kidsthat need intervention." Waikato Alcohol and Drug Community Support Trust director StephenKing said there was a "huge increase" in kids turning to drugs and"it's getting younger all the time". "But their misuse of alcohol and or other substance is just a signof deeper problems and until we stop focusing on treating thesymptoms and start dealing with the root cause, it won't get anybetter. "Well-balanced children don't tend, in my experience, to have aneed to enhance life by using alcohol and drugs." Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee chairman, paediatricianDr Nick Baker, said the solution lay at a young age and as far backas the previous generation "when they were nine". "We have to get people prepared to be good parents and becomingparents when they want to become parents." He said children who turned to drugs most often had grown upexposed to adverse experiences at an early age. "They may not have had the love and affection that makes peoplehappy and gives them a buzz." Email this article Print this article Text size + - more... Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Latest NZ News Video NZ sevens and Maori teams to be All Blacks (1:43) Large secondary schools to get more funding (2:48) Protesters arrested at Auckland sit-in (2:39). I am an expert from ledlightfitting.com, while we provides the quality product, such as China Led Candle Light Bulbs , T5 Led Tube Lights, T5 Led Tube Lights,and more.
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