by Ember Conley | Jul 30, 2020 | Ember Conley, Opioid Crisis
Pharmaceutical drug misuse and addiction disorders are rapidly replacing the “traditional” model of street drugs as the primary driver of unsafe drug use among teens and adults in the US. Tens of millions of Americans are prescribed dangerous...
by Ember Conley | Jul 25, 2020 | Ember Conley, Opioid Crisis
Encouraging kids to join a sports team is common in families across the country because it helps them build positive relationships and improves health and fitness. Sports are known for keeping kids from falling in with the wrong crowds, where they would have greater...
by Ember Conley | Jun 19, 2020 | Ember Conley, Opioid Crisis
The opioid crisis affects everyone in the United States. Children face not only the risk of becoming addicts, but are often the victims of their parents’ misuse of prescription drugs. In 2016, over 270,000 children were placed in foster care because of drug...
by Ember Conley | Jun 10, 2020 | Ember Conley, Opioid Crisis
The opioid epidemic is an ongoing problem with often fatal results. Car crashes, once the 5th most common cause of death, have been replaced with opioid overdoses. There is a 1 in 96 chance that a person will overdose on opioids while they have a 1 in 103 chance of...
by Ember Conley | May 22, 2020 | Ember Conley, Opioid Crisis
While many people do become addicted to opioids as the result of trying to manage real physical pain, younger adults and teens often build up to opioid addiction. Teens, in particular, begin using other illegal drugs and, as they build up tolerances to those drugs,...
by Ember Conley | Apr 30, 2020 | Ember Conley, Opioid Crisis
While the abuse of prescription medication often stems from a genuine desire to alleviate pain, many teens become addicted to medicines through recreational use. As a parent, you can help your teenager make the right decision by educating them about the dangers of...