ERICA SPIEGELMAN CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND –
Nov. 5, 2021 – Fifty percent of teens have used drugs at least once. Forty-three percent of college students report frequently abusing drugs and alcohol.
These teens who experiment early could be setting the groundwork for decades of abuse. In fact, kids who start drinking before the age of 15 are seven times more likely to develop alcohol use disorders as adults than those who wait until after age 18.
Now, one woman is using her own experience to help young people rewire their brains and break the habit.
“It was first beer and alcohol, drifted onto marijuana,” said Jacob Lara, a recovering teen addict. Lara, 29, has battled substance abuse for half his life. Soon that addiction would get him kicked off of his football team and kicked out of his private high school.
“It got to the point where I was on cocaine, crack cocaine, crystal meth.” Lara explains.
