Generation Rx

Free Community Event for: Parents, Educators, Clergy, Friends & Family open to anyone with base access.
LUNCH PROVIDED

There are more adolescents abusing drugs and alcohol than ever before. Teens are going to school high, getting high at school, and going home high. Teens are very good at hiding their addiction and sometimes it can be difficult to determine if he/she has been using.
The illegal drugs that are being used today are not the same drugs that were used in the 60's, 70's, and even the 80's. Learn how to spot, prevent, and intervene with the usual suspects (alcohol & marijuana), and the new kids on the block (synthetic pot "Spice" and methamphetamine "Bath Salts"), and the alarming rise in both prescription drug abuse and IV heroin use among adolescents in the Southern United States.
*Generation Rx: Adolescent Development and Parenting Styles
Parents will learn:
     Adolescent development milestones
     Parenting styles contributing to mental health and substance abuse issues
     How adolescent substance abuse begins and why it progresses into addiction for some teens
     Strategies for recovery

*United States of Numb: Current Trends in Adolescent Substance Abuse
     What drugs teens are using today
     How they are hiding their use from the adults around them (including what paraphernalia to watch out for)
     What to do if you suspect your teen may be using
    Tips for parenting tough teens
We will have a wide variety of drug paraphernalia and drug facsimiles,  on display, which parents can handle and also photograph.

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