Troubled Teens Resources

Teens at risk for drug addiction have been increasingly turning to prescription drugs. Campaigns directed at educating parents are showing up as integral to teen crisis intervention awareness programs, not only in America, but through out the world.

Sadly, too often these campaigns and community efforts are birthed in the broken hearts of bereaved parents.

When Jordan Hall didn’t feel high enough, he found a way to get another pill. Xanax. Valium. Or OxyContin. He craved them all.

In the past few months, Jordan prowled emergency rooms in Allen, Plano and then McKinney, begging for prescriptions. He stole money out of his doting mother’s bank account. And then on July 3, he met a dealer down the street from his house and paid $80 for OxyContin pills, a strong narcotic pain reliever.

The next day, his mother, Susie, shook her son to wake him up so they could watch July Fourth fireworks together. His body lay stiff on the living room sofa, his head propped up like he was watching television.

At age 20, he was dead.

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What follows is a sad and all too common story. A single mother working long hours while raising her son, lavishing him with love and material gifts. We have all known or been this woman. And she wasn’t negligent. She didn’t ignore the first whiff of marijuana. She noted the Xanax missing from her prescription. She began the long battle for her son’s life from the moment she realized the road he was taking.

Sometimes the odds are stacked against you. What is alarming is how teens like Jordan can so easily acquire prescriptions from duped doctors. Read the entire sobering account at the link above.