Parents Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse: An Interview With Gina Hijjawi

Published March 2, 2013

Parents Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse: An Interview with Gina Hijjawi – In this interview, Gina Hijjawi, Ph.D. shares with us key steps parents can take to prevent their teens from abusing prescription drugs. In addition to sharing resources for parents to educate themselves, Dr. Hijjawi informs us of different ways parents can communicate with teens and ensure that prescription drugs are not easily accessible.

Lewis County Substance Abuse Prevention Gets Schools and Parents Involved

Filed under: drug abuse prevention

"The reason that we want to do this is because of course the first use, the age of first use, has gotten much younger and we want parental involvement. The biggest indicator for a child to say "no" to drugs is if there's a parent involved and takes a …
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Entries sought for substance abuse prevention contest

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GAINESVILLE – The Drug Free Coalition of Hall County has launched its second annual Face it…Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Video Contest. The contest is open to individual students or groups (of up to 5) in middle school, grades 6 – 8 or high school …
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