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call sbh at 718-787-1100 they will direct you to safe wich also has an outpatient treatment and therapy facility in a remote area in bklyn. the building has no signs or indentifiable at all as to insure the privacy of client and family. safe also does pick ups after parties if pple suyspect that their driver is drunk and are stranded or if they themselves are acknowledging they are a bit tipsy. Good Luck!
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Is there a Drug Problem in the "Frum World"?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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I think that while all this is true and must be dealt with, we should also remember that there is still that (hopefully) majority of bochurim and girls who don't do this stuff, and opening up the drumhead can have some major negative repercussions on those bochurim who may be trying to stop on their own, or perhaps just started, and could be taken care of without exposing them. The problem should definitely be addressed, I'm just not sure names should be exposed.
Oh, and for the record, I never drink except Shabbos, etc. and I've never smoked. Ever.
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esther - go the SBH online. or google "sephardic bikur holim"
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I happen to think that this is a ridiculous thread title. Of course there's a drug problem in the frum world, and anyone who says otherwise is either EXTREMELY ignorant or else just trying to cover it up for the sake of "lashon hara" or some other such excuse. I personally know of tens of teenagers who abuse drugs as well as alcohol and cigarettes. Sadly, it is still perceived as "cool". I think it's terrible that in an age when we KNOW nicotine is highly addictive, and we KNOW its terrible consequences- e.g. the physical dregs of one cigarette take four weeks to completely leave the body- so many of our young adults still pick up that first cigarette. A few decades from now, many of them will probably be trying desperately to quit on doctor's orders and will wish that they had never started in the first place, by which time it may actually be too late for them to save themselves. Illegal drugs like marijuana are a hundred times worse.
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i think being addicted to hard drugs does not happen by accident because of experimenting, it is usally a sign of some sort of abuse. we should try to take care of the problems of abuse that we have in our community and then hopefully the drug problem will lessned or go away
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Mchemtob-Thanks for the number.
Brooklyn-Thanks.
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We tend to forget that Hashem owns not only our houses, cars, and clothing, but our bodies as well. It is an absolute aveirah to destroy or injure our bodies in any way since they are only on loan from Hashem and do not really belong to us. Therefore, it is assur not only to use illegal drugs, but also to smoke cigarettes and to abuse alcohol.
See Shemot 19:5 as one of many examples that illustrate this idea.
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Is there an organization that assists in rehabilitation? or guides people where to go for help?
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I heard from someone who has seen it black and white in a Sefer that R Elyashiv paskened it's OK for a Bocher to smoke once a day.
Not recommending just for the knowledge...
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