Tag: drugs

Parents urged to ‘Have the Chat’ with teens about drugs

Stuart Mitchell

Charity Addaction are urging parents to take time out to ‘Have the Chat’ with their teenagers about drugs. “It’s totally normal to worry as a parent, but telling a teenager to ‘just say no’ isn’t helpful and is often counterproductive. Our advice is start the chat, keep talking, listen well, and don’t turn it into a big thing,” said Karen Tyrell, Director at Addaction. In a YouGov survey commissioned by Addaction, just 37% of British mums and 42% of dads with children aged 12 to 18 think there is enough…

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McCann Health & CARE Confront the Harsh Reality of Death by Overdose from Prescription Drugs

Stuart Mitchell

While the deadly opioid crisis dominates the headlines, there is another equally dangerous, but lesser known killer, hiding in plain sight. Death by overdose from prescription drugs left unsecured around our homes. To address this growing global issue, CARE, Center for Adolescent Research & Education, partnered with McCann Health to create an emotionally visceral film that exposes the cold hard reality of this relatively unknown, but deadly killer, that was released today. “Our youth are our future and while they may think they are invincible — they are not,” said…

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