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My Interview with Jeff Wolfsberg
Posted by Five Mom, Becky Dyer , on Friday, October 2, 2009
A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to speak with drug abuse awareness counselor Jeff Wolfsberg. During our conversation, I told Jeff about what the Five Moms have been doing to fight the rise in OTC cough medicine abuse by teens. As an expert and thought leader in the fields of drug education, adolescent and family health, and personal leadership, Jeff was very interested to hear about our ongoing initiatives.
It was my first podcast, and it was a lot of fun! Jeff and I talked about many of the topics that we have covered on Five Moms: the need for parental awareness, the various warning signs of abuse, the importance of talking to your teens, and what parents can do to prevent OTC cough medicine abuse. Jeff shared with me some of his experiences, and we discussed a number of ways adults can bring up the topic of abuse with teens.
We also talked about the importance of being on the lookout for signs of potential cough medicine abuse and what parents can do. OTC cough medicine abuse can be much more difficult to detect than some other forms of drug abuse. We won’t smell smoke and we won’t find paraphernalia to alert us that cough medicine abuse is happening. This means that we all have to be extra vigilant when looking for the signs that could indicate a teen is abusing medicine.
The podcast is available online at Jeff’s site or listen to the entire interview here in the box below:
How has the information from our Five Moms site helped you take action to raise awareness of OTC cough medicine abuse? Share your stories at our Stop Medicine Abuse Facebook fan page at www.facebook.com/stopmedicineabuse.
