Contributor: Americans are coming to their senses about child safety and drug-using parents

The assumption that parents of young children need only be offered services and support in order to keep their children safe ...
News Medical on MSN

Parenting style shapes adolescent alcohol and drug use

"Like father, like son? Can parenting styles break the intergenerational pattern of alcohol and drug use?" A group of Brazilian researchers analyzed data on the behavior of 4,280 adolescents and their ...

How your substance use - and parenting style - may influence your teen's drug and alcohol habits

You pour a glass of wine after a long day. Maybe your partner steps outside for a cigarette. Maybe there's cannabis in the ...
KETV Omaha

DEA warns parents of drug dangers for kids, encourages conversations

CLARIFIED IN A FEW WEEKS. AS YOUR KIDS HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL, IT’S IMPORTANT TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND THAT INCLUDES DRUG SAFETY. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S MARY REGLI SAT DOWN WITH THE DEA, AND ...

Families, peers biggest predictors of early substance use in children with pain, mental health symptoms

Children with co-occurring persistent pain and mental health symptoms face higher risk for early substance use, but the ...
The Baltimore Sun

Childhood chaos inspires Baltimore woman to help children of parents struggling with drug use

On the morning of July 10, Erica Hamlett was working at her job, helping parolees find work, when a good friend texted her about the mass overdose in the Penn North neighborhood. Hamlett went online ...

Bill would require drug tests, including kratom, before parents reunite with children

As West Virginia works to protect nearly 6,000 children in foster care, lawmakers are considering changes to child welfare ...