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As some of you may have noticed from my blog, September is National Alcohol and Substance Abuse Recovery Month. Teen drug abuse in affluent families is on the rise; prescription drug abuse in particular is reaching epidemic proportions. Where are these teens getting the meds? From parents who have legal prescriptions for them.
Even if you trust your teen, it's a good idea to keep strong narcotics and pain medications in a safe place. Most people keep their medications in 1 of 3 places:
1. In the medicine cabinet
2. In the kitchen cupboards
3. In their nightstand or bedside table.
These three locations are NOT SAFE places. They are the first place teens will go if they want to steal your meds. Keep prescriptions, especially those with sedative effects like Vicodin, Codeine, Valium, Ambien, etc. in a locked drawer or cabinet if possible.
As a person who has watched friends and family struggle to overcome addiction, I encourage you to take whatever steps you can to make your prescription medications inaccessible to your kids. Also, remind them in one of those parent-child conversations about drugs, that being in possession of a medication for which they do not have a prescription is a FELONY.
Too many homes are being destroyed by the drug epidemic. I hope that yours is not one of them.
Be Safe,
Lauren
Even if you trust your teen, it's a good idea to keep strong narcotics and pain medications in a safe place. Most people keep their medications in 1 of 3 places:
1. In the medicine cabinet
2. In the kitchen cupboards
3. In their nightstand or bedside table.
These three locations are NOT SAFE places. They are the first place teens will go if they want to steal your meds. Keep prescriptions, especially those with sedative effects like Vicodin, Codeine, Valium, Ambien, etc. in a locked drawer or cabinet if possible.
As a person who has watched friends and family struggle to overcome addiction, I encourage you to take whatever steps you can to make your prescription medications inaccessible to your kids. Also, remind them in one of those parent-child conversations about drugs, that being in possession of a medication for which they do not have a prescription is a FELONY.
Too many homes are being destroyed by the drug epidemic. I hope that yours is not one of them.
Be Safe,
Lauren