Studies show substance use is down overall among young people. But at places like the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, young patients are sicker and struggling more than ever – not just with substance use but also significant mental health conditions. What’s going on? Rates of depressive disorders, anxiety, suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts—rising for years—are at especially alarming highs. Adolescents increasingly see marijuana as benign, a harmful misperception. And the drug supply is now tainted with fentanyl, an opioid that’s uniquely dangerous because it’s so potentially lethal, prevalent and hard-to-detect. Join Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation addiction psychiatrist Sara Polley, MD, and advocacy leader Emily Piper, JD—experts and parents of school-age children themselves—as they sort out the latest trends affecting youth and discuss opportunities, along with effective prevention and risk mitigation strategies for parents, educators, prevention and treatment professionals, and advocates.
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This Vision Session is sponsored by Hazelden Betty Ford.
