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How Do I Talk to My Kid About Drugs? Start Here––with Pat Aussem and Carleah Summers

How Do I Talk to My Kid About Drugs? Start Here––with Pat Aussem and Carleah Summers

Update: 2025-07-08
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How do you talk to your child about drugs when you’re not even sure where to begin? In this candid and powerful conversation Carol is joined by two experts, Pat Aussem of the Partnership to End Addiction and Carleah Summers, recovery advocate and founder of Andrea’s House, to talk honestly about how to help our children navigate today’s complex drug landscape. From the dangers of flavored vapes and counterfeit pills to when and how to have “the talk” about drugs, this episode is packed with essential insights, strategies, and real-life experience every parent needs to hear.

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Partnership to End Addiction: drugfree.org
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How Do I Talk to My Kid About Drugs? Start Here––with Pat Aussem and Carleah Summers

How Do I Talk to My Kid About Drugs? Start Here––with Pat Aussem and Carleah Summers

Carol Sutton Lewis