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Gone in a Snap: Inside Snapchat’s Teen Opioid Crisis, with Paul Solotaroff

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Gone in a Snap: Inside Snapchat’s Teen Opioid Crisis, with Paul Solotaroff
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When investigative journalist Paul Solotaroff began researching Snapchat’s role in the teen opioid crisis, he uncovered a devastating reality that every parent needs to understand. The very features that make Snapchat appealing to young people—disappearing messages, lack of permanent records—have created what he calls “a paradise for predators.” The Perfect Storm: How Snapchat Enabled a

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Close To Home: Personal Details and Insights From His Addiction and Recovery with Brenda’s Son, Enzo Narciso

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Close To Home: Personal Details and Insights From His Addiction and Recovery with Brenda’s Son, Enzo Narciso
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When adolescents struggle with substance misuse, parents often focus intensely on the problem behavior—understandably so. But Enzo Narciso, who experienced addiction firsthand and now works with adolescent boys in residential treatment, offers a different perspective: the relationship with your child matters more than you might think. When Friends Become Family Enzo’s journey into substance use

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Substance Misuse Makes Perfect Sense: Redefining Addiction and Recovery, with Adam Sud

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Substance Misuse Makes Perfect Sense: Redefining Addiction and Recovery, with Adam Sud
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When we see our children struggling with substance misuse, our instinct is often to ask: ‘Why won’t you stop?’ But what if we’ve been asking the wrong question all along? Adam Sud, behavioral wellness expert and founder of Plant Based for Positive Change, suggests a radical reframe: substance misuse makes perfect sense. Why Substance Use

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Creating Impact From Tragedy with MAPDA’s Janet Janes

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Creating Impact From Tragedy with MAPDA’s Janet Janes
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When Janet Janes found her 19-year-old son Christopher unresponsive one morning, she had no idea that his death from methadone poisoning would launch her into a 12-year journey of fierce advocacy. Christopher was working and going to college—a young man with his whole life ahead of him—when he took what he thought was a harmless

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Clinging To Hope: An Epic Saga Of Addiction, Medical Innovation, Loss, Recovery, Hope and Unconditional Love

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Clinging To Hope: An Epic Saga Of Addiction, Medical Innovation, Loss, Recovery, Hope and Unconditional Love
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Growing Up: Family Trauma and Early Warning Signs Pattie Vargas raised her three children in a small Arizona town of 3,500 people, where faith and family were central to their lives. Steven was born in 1980, Joel in 1981, and Rebecca (Bekah) in 1985. The family’s stability shattered when Bekah was nine years old and

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What Parents Need to Know About Trauma Informed and Responsive Transport and Interventions, with Heather Hayes

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What Parents Need to Know About Trauma Informed and Responsive Transport and Interventions, with Heather Hayes
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When parents discover their teen or young adult is struggling with substance use, the path forward can feel overwhelming and confusing. Heather Hayes, a licensed counselor and board registered interventionist, brings a unique perspective to this challenge—she’s both a professional in the field and someone who got sober at age 21 after struggling with addiction

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Four Common Beliefs Parents Have About Fentanyl That Put Their Teens and Young Adults At Risk For Overdose

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Four Common Beliefs Parents Have About Fentanyl That Put Their Teens and Young Adults At Risk For Overdose
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The opioid crisis reached devastating heights during COVID-19, claiming over 100,000 lives between April 2020 and May 2021. That translates to someone dying every five minutes from a drug overdose. Even more alarming, overdose deaths involving illegally made fentanyl rose 55.6% between 2020 and 2021, and deaths from fentanyl in people under 30 doubled from

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Owen Fielding of NET Recovery: The Drug-Free, Non-Traditional Treatment That Bypasses Withdrawal Torture and Restores Choice For Those Trapped In Addiction

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Owen Fielding of NET Recovery: The Drug-Free, Non-Traditional Treatment That Bypasses Withdrawal Torture and Restores Choice For Those Trapped In Addiction
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For parents whose children are trapped in the cycle of opioid addiction, the prospect of withdrawal can be one of the biggest barriers to seeking help. Owen Fielding, Operations Manager with NET Recovery Corp, brings over 25 years of experience in addiction treatment to share a pioneering approach that could change how we think about

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The Final Fix: An Unflinching Documentary Investigating a Radical, 49-Year Old Technology That Could Change Everything We Know About Addiction, Treatment and Recovery

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The Final Fix: An Unflinching Documentary Investigating a Radical, 49-Year Old Technology That Could Change Everything We Know About Addiction, Treatment and Recovery
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Parents searching for effective addiction treatment options face an overwhelming landscape of programs, methods, and promises. But what if a technology existed that could treat withdrawal in less than two weeks, without the torture of cold turkey symptoms, and has been around for nearly half a century? That’s exactly what filmmaker Norman Stone investigates in

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Watching From The Sidelines; A Sibling’s Vantage Point On His Brother’s Risky Lifestyle, Drug Use And Recovery, with Marco Narciso

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Watching From The Sidelines; A Sibling’s Vantage Point On His Brother’s Risky Lifestyle, Drug Use And Recovery, with Marco Narciso
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When addiction enters a family, we often focus on the person struggling and their parents. But siblings occupy a unique and often overlooked position—close enough to witness everything, yet powerless to change it. Marco Narciso knows this reality intimately. As the younger brother of someone battling addiction, he watched his brother’s risky lifestyle unfold from

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