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I GAVE MY SON A DRUG TEST FOR SMOKING ROXICODONE AND HE PASSED BUT THERE ARE SIGNS THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE TELLING ME THAT THEY SAY HE HAS THAT PROVES THAT HE IS SMOKING. SUCH AS IRRITABLE, AND HIS FACE IS ALL BROKEN OUT. ALSO THEY SAY THAT IF HE SMOKES THEM IT WOULD NOT SHOW UP ON A URINE TEST. IS ANY OF THIS TRUE? WHAT ARE THE SIGNS OF HIM SMOKING IF ANY?

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Hi TAMI,

If an addict does not admit that he has an addiction, there is little you can do to help him. You can only help him if he 1) admits he is an addict and 2) he want to be treated. In that case we need to understand the underlying biochemistry of addiction. Most addicts are hypoglycemic and this needs to be treated before a person can beat his addiction. Please read:

Drug Addiction is a Nutritional Disorder at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/drug_addictions_nutritional_disorder.htm...

Also read:

Self-Help Personal Growth Program at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/self-help_personal_growth.html/b]

and ask to be referred to a Nutritional Doctor, Clinical Nutritionist or Nutritional Psychologist for further assessment and treatment if you want to. But most can be achieved by self-help therapy.

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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist
Hon. Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Author of "Getting off the Hook"
Freely available at Google Book Search
Skype: jurplesman  

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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist

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I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

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Nutritional Psychotherapist

Organizations
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Publications
GETTING OFF THE HOOK
which is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. Various articles in Hypoglycemic Health Association Newsletter

Education/Credentials
BA(Psych) (Sydney University) Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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