Wasting the Best and Brightest

Substance Abuse at America’s Colleges and Universities

“It’s Like Being Held In My Mother’s Arms”

Out of the mouths of babes...the above is a direct quote from a high school senior who had been accepted to Princeton University and was addicted to OxyContin. We can now chemically replicate one of life's most secure feelings with a drug called OxyContin. We are in trouble!

On average, 30,000 young people visit the ER with a prescription drug overdose. For the past few years, more young people have died from prescription drug overdose than from heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine combined. Prescription drug overdose will probably be the leading cause of death by accident this year. Kids that are using have no idea what they are taking and have no room for mistakes.

“In all of my experience I have learned three absolute facts, which many Americans fail to understand. First, law enforcement will never make drugs completely unavailable in the U. S. Second, most adults know almost nothing about the world of kids and drugs (how many of us know what Special K and Roofies are?). And third, drugs are devastating our communities, homes and workplaces, and we fail to deal with this in a way that will make any substantial change.”

Bob Stutman presents information that is based on his 40 years of dealing with substance abuse as a law enforcement officer and consultant on substance abuse in our schools, communities, and families. He believes that prevention is the key to successfully fighting drug and alcohol abuse. The barrier to that success is the abundance of misinformation coupled with the lack of honest communication about drugs and alcohol. Those that hear his message walk away saying "we have to deal with this issue now”.