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