Recent surveys show that teens are abusing prescription medications in record numbers.
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 70 percent of children age 12 and older say they got prescription drugs, not from a drug dealer, but from a friend or relative.For teens, peer pressure or wanting to escape emotional stress can lead to experimentation, which can in turn lead to abuse, addiction and sometimes to a drug overdose.“Each day, more than 2,000 teens begin abusing prescription medications, believing that doctor-prescribed medicine is safer to experiment with than illegal drugs,” says Steve Pasierb, President and CEO of The Partnership at Drugfree.org.
“Prescription medications can be very helpful when used as directed, but misusing or abusing these drugs can be dangerous and even deadly.”Parents, teachers and other adults who influence teen behavior stand the best chance of recognizing and dealing with these dangerous behaviors.
“Parents and grandparents take great pains to prevent poisoning in young children by keeping household chemicals out of the reach,” according to Pasierb.
The web site www.RxSafetyMatters.org provides information and resources to parents and community groups on how to prevent prescription drug abuse.Tips for parents include:• Learn to recognize the signs of abuse.
Warning signs include sudden mood swings, changes in social circles, secretive behavior, excessive sleeping and a loss of interest in appearance or hobbies.
Clergy Sexual Abuse encompasses a range of immoral and unacceptable actions frequently perpetrated on young children and teens by predatory clergy or other church employees involving sexual abuse of varying degrees.
For instance, a continuing “trusting” relationship with a young child created by the predatory behavior of a clergy associate, cloaked by the trust and reverence imputed to a member of the clergy, leading to non-consensual sexual attack acts of molestation.Within nearly all alleged Priest or Clergy Sexual Abuse scenarios, the short-coming by the Clergy member’s employer to completely, adequately and immediately disclose the crime to law enforcement and other authorities, or its further failure to investigate, cope with and deal entirely with the occurrence increases the harm on the assault survivor, the community and potentially others.
If you are a survivor of sexual abuse from a priest or other clergy member, these stories are most likely to act as an echo chamber, replaying the horror, embarrassment, guilt and various unwelcome feelings harming your wellness.
Encouraged by the social movement and other channels that encourage them to reveal the abuse they suffered, survivors of assault are increasingly employing the legal system to compensate them for the life-long damage and injury they have experienced.If you are a survivor of assault commited by a member of the church, the result of the abuse on your life and foundational belief system can be incalculable.
Oftentimes, survivors can leverage their legal rights through confidential mediation therein avoiding the need for litigation.
However, if litigation is necessary, a case can be filed where the plaintiff can remain anonymous.Abusive BehaviorAll abusers, to varying amounts, employ predatory tactics which are generally known as grooming, tracking a possible assault victim.
Recent surveys show that teens are abusing prescription medications in record numbers.
According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 70 percent of children age 12 and older say they got prescription drugs, not from a drug dealer, but from a friend or relative.For teens, peer pressure or wanting to escape emotional stress can lead to experimentation, which can in turn lead to abuse, addiction and sometimes to a drug overdose.“Each day, more than 2,000 teens begin abusing prescription medications, believing that doctor-prescribed medicine is safer to experiment with than illegal drugs,” says Steve Pasierb, President and CEO of The Partnership at Drugfree.org.
“Prescription medications can be very helpful when used as directed, but misusing or abusing these drugs can be dangerous and even deadly.”Parents, teachers and other adults who influence teen behavior stand the best chance of recognizing and dealing with these dangerous behaviors.
“Parents and grandparents take great pains to prevent poisoning in young children by keeping household chemicals out of the reach,” according to Pasierb.
The web site www.RxSafetyMatters.org provides information and resources to parents and community groups on how to prevent prescription drug abuse.Tips for parents include:• Learn to recognize the signs of abuse.
Warning signs include sudden mood swings, changes in social circles, secretive behavior, excessive sleeping and a loss of interest in appearance or hobbies.
Clergy Sexual Abuse encompasses a range of immoral and unacceptable actions frequently perpetrated on young children and teens by predatory clergy or other church employees involving sexual abuse of varying degrees.
For instance, a continuing “trusting” relationship with a young child created by the predatory behavior of a clergy associate, cloaked by the trust and reverence imputed to a member of the clergy, leading to non-consensual sexual attack acts of molestation.Within nearly all alleged Priest or Clergy Sexual Abuse scenarios, the short-coming by the Clergy member’s employer to completely, adequately and immediately disclose the crime to law enforcement and other authorities, or its further failure to investigate, cope with and deal entirely with the occurrence increases the harm on the assault survivor, the community and potentially others.
If you are a survivor of sexual abuse from a priest or other clergy member, these stories are most likely to act as an echo chamber, replaying the horror, embarrassment, guilt and various unwelcome feelings harming your wellness.
Encouraged by the social movement and other channels that encourage them to reveal the abuse they suffered, survivors of assault are increasingly employing the legal system to compensate them for the life-long damage and injury they have experienced.If you are a survivor of assault commited by a member of the church, the result of the abuse on your life and foundational belief system can be incalculable.
Oftentimes, survivors can leverage their legal rights through confidential mediation therein avoiding the need for litigation.
However, if litigation is necessary, a case can be filed where the plaintiff can remain anonymous.Abusive BehaviorAll abusers, to varying amounts, employ predatory tactics which are generally known as grooming, tracking a possible assault victim.