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DEA’s Third Annual National Family Summit on Fentanyl Highlights Progress in Fight to Save Lives

The highly important decline in overdose deaths and potency of fentanyl-laced pills, revealing major signs of progress, anchored the third annual National Family Summit on Fentanyl hosted by the DEA.

Awkward Conversations Season 3 - Podcast Series Released!

The 20 episode, unscripted video podcast, Awkward Conversations, is hosted by Full House and Fuller House star, Jodie Sweetin, and joined by Amy McCarthy, a Senior Clinical Social Worker at Boston Children's Hospital.The two will be chatting with celebrity parents and guest experts on how to prepare for the awkward conversations with their kids and furthering the discussion on how to give parents the tools to empower their kids to stay safe, substance free and make smart decisions!

Understanding Fentanyl: A Guide for Parents on the Dangers of This Potent Drug

This article serves as a crucial guide for parents, providing essential information on the dangers of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid far more potent than heroin. It explains how fentanyl is used and misused, outlines its risks, including the high potential for overdose, and offers signs to watch for in detecting fentanyl overdose. The guide also offers practical advice for parents on how to educate and communicate with their children about drug safety and prepare for emergency situations, aiming to empower parents to protect their children from this lethal substance.

Late-onset alcohol abuse can be a presenting symptom of dementia

Patients who start abusing alcohol later in life -- after age 40 -- may be doing so secondary to an underlying neurologic condition, such as frontotemporal dementia, according to findings by a team of researchers.

A Parent’s Guide To Preventing Inhalant Abuse

It can kill suddenly, and it can kill those who sniff for the first time.

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