Troubled Teens Resources

Parents of teens at risk do not think in terms of heroin when they consider teen age drug abuse. Heroin still has it’s back alley connotations for most adults who can’t quite associate it’s presence in their teenager’s life. Unfortunately, heroin has always been a presence in teen age addiction, sometimes center stage, sometimes just one of the crowd of drugs that assemble around troubled teenagers.

However, when a teen rubs shoulders with heroin, he is usually in way over his head.

A 16-year-old Douglas High School student found unconscious remained hospitalized Tuesday at Renown Regional Medical Center.

His friends reportedly found him Saturday on the floor of a residence in the 1300 block of Petar Road in Gardnerville some 16 hours after he had apparently fallen asleep.

“Although it has yet to be identified through evidentiary testing, the opium the juveniles thought they were ingesting was most likely black tar heroin,” said sheriff’s department spokesman Sgt. Tom Mezzetta.

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Here is how UrbanDictionary.com defines black tar heroin:

“The dirtiest form of heroin. It is black and usually contains glass and other unwanted substances. It is extremely hazardous to your health and probably contains some form of brain damaging substance. It is much more harmful than regular heroin.

You must be a true addict and a moron to do Black Tar Heroin”.”

Parents need to understand that a teen can usually get any drug they are looking for if they are determined to get high. And if they can’t get what they are looking for, they may stray into the unknown with fatal consequences.

Moral: Educate yourself, educate your teens, and make sure that your teen help educate their friends.