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Everything Parents need to know about Pain Meds and Heroin

Safe Communities Madison-Dane County

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Welcome• Facilitators

• Genevieve Kirchman, Parent Educator Any School District AND

• Cindy Holmes and Josalyn Longley, Deputies Dane Co. Sheriff’s Dept.

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• I. Understanding the Problem• II. Know what works• III. Safeguarding & Disposal

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• I. Understanding the Problem

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What is Rx drug abuse?• Self Medicating - using a drug without a

prescription to obtain the intended benefit

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• Recreational use - to get high or feel good

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Addiction• Brain Disease• Family history a factor• Relapse is part of the disease• Person who’s addicted needs the behavior or

substance to feel “normal”• Teens especially vulnerable because their brain is

developing until they are 24

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Slang Terms

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“Pharming” or “Pharm Parties”

“Robotripping”

”Skittling”“Purple Drank” “Sizzurp”

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• “Pharmageddon”• For the first time,

unintentional overdoses

• have replaced car accidents as the

• leading cause of accidental deaths

• in 15 states and the District of

Columbia.”• CBS “Early Show on Saturday Morning” Sept. 4, 201027

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Drug Paraphernalia

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Synthetic Heroin

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What’s the Difference?

1. Legality2. Ability to predict how it will effect you3. How Addictive4. Cost5. Public Perception6. Overdose Risk

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In Dane County......

•DEATH rates from opioids (heroin & prescription pain

medications) have

ALMOST QUADRUPLED

from 2002-201135

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In Dane County

Majority Opioid-related deaths and

hospitalizations are from...  

Prescription Pain Meds (e.g. Oxycontin, Vicodin, Morphine).

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Number of high school students in Dane Co.

reporting using heroin or prescription drugs

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7.5%1,277 Teens

2012 Dane County Youth Survey Results

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How Are Drugs Obtained?

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WHO are they getting them from?

More than 1 Doctor -

Bought/Took from Friend or Relative -One Doctor -Drug Dealer or Stranger -Free from Friend or Relative -

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54%

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4%

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National Survey on Drug Use and Health 2011

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USA = 5% of World’s Population AND

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Consumes 75% of Prescription Drugs (UNODC 2011)

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• How many prescriptions are filled every month in Wisconsin? –A. 1 million–B. 150,000–C. –D. 87,899

(Source: Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts 2011)

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6 Million

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•II. Know what works

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So..What does work?

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#1•“Children close their ears to advice but open their eyes to example.”

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#3: Deliver the Message

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Alcohol or Illicit Drugs

Prescription Drugs Source: Partnership for Drug-Free America Survey 2008

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#4 - Challenge the “Norm”

Misperception

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Parent Addiction Network

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Discuss the Rest of the Tip Sheet

• 1. What surprises you?• 2. What do you want to remember?

• 3. What question do you have?

• Ask someone in your group to be the reporter

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Know the Warning SignsKnow

where to go for Help

Summary of What WorksLead by Example

Talk about Risk - and ListenChallenge the “Norm” misperceptionMonitor

Connected to School

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If something has changed?

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•III. Safeguarding & Disposal

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Safeguarding Your Pills

• Lock them up• Do NOT leave drugs

in the open• Keep pill bottle caps on tightly• Know how many pills you have• Properly dispose of old or unneeded meds• Monitor your children’s prescriptions

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Disposal of Prescription Drugs

MedDrop Locations at 13 Police Departments

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Disposal of Prescription Drugs

• Place in used kitty litter or • wet coffee grounds• (make unappealing to others & pets)• Place in watertight container & put in trash.

• Liquid meds: add flour, salt, or other

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• IF no med drop box - • Do Not Flush down the toilet.

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• II. Know what works and then....do it!

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• I. Understanding the Problem

• III. Safeguarding & Disposal

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• Facilitators• Genevieve Kirchman, Parent Educator • genevievekirchman@gmail.com• Any School District • AND • Cindy Holmes holmes.cindy@danesheriff.com • & Josalyn Longley, longley@danesheriff.com • Deputies, Dane Co. Sheriff’s Dept.

• Some of this information taken from • the Good Drugs Gone Bad project

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Thank you.....