Preventing Youth Substance Abuse with Insight NC: Stay Safe While Social Distancing - a podcast by UNC Trauma Program

Insight Human Services covers 60 counties in NC, and uses a population health approach to preventing  substance abuse in youth by building protective factors such as self-esteem building and teaching teens tactics to overcome peer pressure. In this episode with Insight NC Program Manager Kyle Smith, we talk about how families can work with their teens to reduce chances of substance abuse and build positive family dynamics. Resources Kyle references in the interview are below:

https://teens.drugabuse.gov/-NIDA for Teens

https://www.samhsa.gov/- SAMSHA

https://www.lockyourmeds.org/nc/- Lock Your Meds

https://www.dea.gov/factsheets- DEA (I did not mention this during the pod cast but this is a great resources for Drug Facts

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