Last week the House of Delegates received a presentation about substance abuse treatment. Thank God they’re interested. But, in the end, they felt misled - the presentation turned out to be little more than a commercial for methadone. And with more and more people turning up in morgues and drug rehab centers to get off methadone, I’d say that’s a pretty bad move.

Methadone has been killing more people that heroin for some years - about 4 times as many. Now, as methadone has become popular as a painkiller, the situation is getting even worse. Last year there were 4,000 methadone-related deaths. Some of them even occurred in drug rehab.

If parents talk to their kids about the dangers of drugs - those on the street and the ones you get from your doctor - the kids are 50% less likely to take them.

Drugs are so dangerous these days - it’s not just getting a little high anymore. And you don’t have to be using heroin to turn into a drug addict. Taking prescription painkillers found in the medicine cabinet can be just as dangerouss.

If you don’t want to undergo the horror of your kids getting into drugs talk to them now. No matter how old, or young, they are. They’ll be introduced to them soon enough, and they should be prepared. If you can stop them from saying yes when they’re offered drugs, you’ll save both your kids and yourself years of heartbreak. And you may save their lives.

If they’re already involved, get them into a drug rehab program - don’t wait another day.

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