February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. According to loveisrespect.org, 1 in 3 teens will be in an abusive relationship and 33% do not tell anyone about the abuse. Most parents say that they would know if their teen was being abused. However, it’s hard to recognize the signs if you don’t know them. […]
Archives for January 2019
The Link between Drug Abuse and Domestic Violence
Typically, in a domestic violence situation, one is going to be being physically and/or mentally abused. So how is this linked to drugs? Physical abuse can lead to severe injuries which would cause one to go to the doctor and be prescribed a pain killer. Most often pain killers are Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, and Percocet or […]
Signs of Human Trafficking
January is National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention month. Many of us hear about human trafficking on the news or see missing persons’ pictures at the store, but we rarely think that trafficking is going on in our own communities or to someone we might know. The reason is that most of us have a misconception about […]
