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Not My Kid: A Parent's Guide to Kids and Drugs

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I was in the program that this book speaks of at the time the author was working on the book. Be assured, IT IS FICTION. What REALLY went on in there is now the subject of numerous court cases...two of which were recently settled for 4.5 and 6.5 million respectively. False imprisonment, beatings, starvation, sleep deprivation and the mental and emotional abuse that actually went on in there were, quite literally, unbelievable. Most kids were kept there anywhere from 1 to 5 years and more, quite often for nothing more than some minor, normal teenage behavior problems. The real motivation for the program was the money and there was LOTS of it to go around. DO NOT TRUST THIS AUTHOR!!!!!

Please investigate the author prior to purchase. The book may deal with teens and compulsions but there is a dark side. Much information on the internet about Miller Newton.

BEFORE YOU READ THIS BOOK, PLEASE...
-Utilize the abundance of alternate materials, resources and books on this subject by highly respected professionals and experts.
-Cease recommendation of this book to students, parents or those in need, immediately.
-Examine and explore the mounting sources in the media, newspapers and on-line regarding controversies, signed affidavits, criminal wrongdoing, lawsuits, settlements, insurance fraud, and malpractice related to the now defunct Kids of Bergen County, Kids of North Jersey, and Straight of Florida, where Newton gained his "professional experience" and practiced his "treatment model," as founder and director.
-Read materials which enlighten us with the allegations about what actually occurred behind the closed doors of Newton's "treatment programs" and are omitted from this book. Educate yourself about what children in Newton's care say they really experienced, including: violent physical assaults; extreme emotional abuse and manipulation; depravation of an education, sleep, lavatory use and professional help; false imprisonment and kidnapping; malpractice, denial of a patient's bill of rights, use of physical restraint as a punishment and a motivational tool to control responsiveness, admitting individuals on intakes based on determinations made by other children, absence of any health professional during these intakes and during therapeutic sessions, and throughout the course of treatment; falsifying documents regarding the presence of mental health professionals, as well as incident & treatment related reports and insurance documents; allegations of sexual abuse suffered by individuals while in Newton's care by other adolescents, teens or parents, forcing children including preteens to listen to graphic, sexually explicit stories in detail, coercion of pregnant minors to receive an abortion, group strip searches, refusal and depravation of necessary medical treatment,...

The abuse was real. Do not purchace this book as you will be enabling a child abuser

Book was received in a timely manner and in very good condition. Didn't expect to find these books as its been a long time since they were first publised. Amazon to the rescue. Many thanks.

This book is a good example of propaganda used in the 1980's to scare gullible parents into enrolling their kids into a sham cult-like drug rehab ran by one of the authors. As a good counterpoint to this drivel, I highly recommend reading Help At Any Cost by Maia Szalavitz.

This book is merely a propaganda sheet for Miller Newton's (now closed)teen drug "treatment" program, Straight, Inc. He has NO experience or knowledge of drug treatment methods, and was found to have overseen and participated in child abuse in numerous court cases. The man is a quack, and anyone with any sense at all should be able to see through the sheer B.S. that he spouts. He received his "degree" from an unacredited, mail-order diploma mill, and has been successfully sued by many former clients for millions of dollars. In a recent hearing in Madeira Beach, Fl, he openly admitted that he has NO qualifications to treat anyone, much less adolescents, for a drug problem. His methods are more dangerous than drug use, and many survivors (THE SUICIDE RATE AMONG HIS FORMER CLIENTS IS HIGH) claim that they were abused at his hands, and that his "treatment" methods left them with numerous other problems, including Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome. The man is dangerous and no one should follow his advice or leave their children in his care. The book is filled with misconceptions, deceptions, and outright LIES.

Good, easy read, and full of a lot of information that parents need to know when raising teens.