Substance Misuse
BWC Tip Sheets:
- Summer Safety Tips
- Teen Alcohol and Other Drug Use
- What to Know about the Social Host Liability Law
- Safe Holiday Tips for Middle and High School Parents
Resources related to helping young people avoid substance misuse:
- Article: Lisa Gibalerio Teens and Substance Misuse: Q&A
- Article: Partnership for Drug-Free Kids – Take Action to Address Medicine Abuse
- Article: POPSUGAR Family – Why Parents Should Lock Up Prescription Drugs
- Website: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Make a Difference: Talk to your child about alcohol – parents
- Web Article: Statement of Concern – Marijuana Policy in Massachusetts
- Web Article: Brookline Parent Education Network (B-PEN) – Prescription Drugs
- Web Article: ABC News – Majority of Parents with Children at Home Don’t Lock Up Prescribed Opioids, Study Finds
- Web Article: Massachusetts General Hospital – Marijuana and the Young Brain
- Website: Commonwealth of Massachusetts – Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (BSAS)
- Web Article: Politico – Europe’s Missing ‘Vaping Sickness’
- Web Article: National Institutes of Health (NIH) – Vaping of marijuana on the rise among teens
- Web Article: New York Times – First Death in a Spate of Vaping Sicknesses Reported by Health Officials [behind firewall]
- Website: the Online Museum of African American Addictions, Treatment and Recovery