When talking about substance abuse prevention, there are many tools that a person may use that can and often will help. With our technology constantly advancing, there are always new ways and techniques that will assist an individual in their personal battles. The Internet is becoming increasingly more and more helpful in our prevention efforts. Because no one therapy can help every person with substance abuse problems, it is very useful to be able to have different options on which to rely. After reviewing www.preventionservices.com, I really appreciate the fact that so much effort is going into preventing the abuse of substances. Although many people find it difficult or even impossible to make this positive change in their life, new services and alternative therapy are being provided which give them the confidence they need to overcome their undesired behavior.
Although this site can be and is useful in the fight against addiction, there are a few flaws that I would alter. First because this site is on the Internet, it is not very likely that a substance abuser would participate in this intervention. Usually a client likes to make an opinion of a treatment center in person, not online. Somewhat related to this issue is the fact that the Internet is not one hundred percent safe. Patients may be somewhat discouraged to email this center due to security reasons that may leak their information onto the web. The person has enough problems without having numerous advertisements and other “junk” mail sent to them. Next, I looked at the products that this site was encouraging. Although I’m sure that this merchandise is very helpful, it seemed to me that they were rather expensive. This is the only section that I don’t agree with because it seems that the prev