Dying High: Teens in the ER

This hard hitting, reality-based video gives viewers a chance to see what goes on inside the nation’s emergency rooms as doctors treat teens for some of the most common types of injuries among young people: drug overdose, alcohol poisoning, car wreck traumas and more. Dying High offers a glimpse into the nightmarish reality of what can happen when young people take risks with their health, their safety and even their lives. New federal data indicates a 20% increase in drug–related ER visits for teens under the age of 17. Yet drug-related emergencies are only part of the bigger picture. This video presents a series of episodes which allow viewers to see common life-and-death ER moments. The goal of this video is to remind teens that risk–taking behaviors can often lead to serious injury and death.

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Heroin: It's "This Generation's Drug of Choice"

Click on the image to the right for another gripping article from the Long Island Press which shockingly confronts the notion that parents truely know what their sons and daughters may be taking part in.

According to the Nassau County Medical Examiner, young white males make up the majority of drug deaths. While it is not all heroin, the
majority of the deaths are from opiates.

Save My Child

This article from the Long Island press graphically illustrates the severe difficulties parents on Long Island are facing as a nascent heroin epidemic ravages their lives.

Parents are desperate to help their heroin-addicted children but they are hitting roadblock after roadblock.

One lesson all the parents tell is this: If you think your child is immune, you are mistaken.