So the question is, what can you do as a parent? The most important thing to do first is to have an open conversation with your teens about proper use of medicine and the risk of abusing prescription drugs. Now you can understand that it is no wonder reports are showing that nearly half of all young people who are using heroin today started off by using prescription painkillers. Take a look at this interactive tool the Medicine Abuse Project designed to help illustrate how a young person after surgery is prescribed a painkiller by her doctor and how a harmless situation like that can translate into an addiction to heroin. While we can be thankful for the advancements that have been made, it is important as parents that we make sure our children are aware of the pros and cons associated with medicine… in particular, prescription drugs.ĭid you know that heroin abuse is closely linked to prior use of prescribed painkillers? Also referred to as opioid drugs, painkillers have an agent in their make-up that has a tendency to induce tolerance in the person taking the drug. Thanks to the speed of technology and growing medical research, it seems like there is a medicine for everything nowadays.
Parents, Do You And Your Teen Know The Dangers and Relationship Between Prescription Painkillers and Heroin Abuse?Īs a parent, it is incredible to sit back and think how far the world of medicine has come since you were a child.
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