Hello. Im Ivette Torres and welcome to another edition of the road to recovery. Today, well be talking about youth and young adults in recovery. Joining us in our panel today are tami bahr, assistant director, connections counseling, board member of recovery foundation, madison, wisconsin; jonathan katz, director, rita j. Kaplan Jewish Community services, jewish board of family and children services, new york, new york; justin riley, atlarge board member, faces and voices of recovery, seattle, washington; bridget ruiz, technical expert lead, division of systems improvement, jbs international, bethesda, maryland. Bridget, 21. 5 percent of 18 to 25yearolds have an issue with illicit drugs. Talk to me a little bit about that and what kind of drugs are they using. It is quite different than it was even 2 or 3 years ago. We see a huge increase in pharmaceutical drug use, not using it as prescribed. We also see an increase in alcohol use, and binge drinking is a serious problem, as well as s
[music playing] hello. Im Ivette Torres and welcome to another edition of the road to recovery. Today, well be talking about youth and young adults in recovery. Joining us in our panel today are tami bahr, assistant director, connections counseling, board member of recovery foundation, madison, wisconsin; jonathan katz, director, rita j. Kaplan Jewish Community services, jewish board of family and children services, new york, new york; justin riley, atlarge board member, faces and voices of recovery, seattle, washington; bridget ruiz, technical expert lead, division of systems improvement, jbs international, bethesda, maryland. Bridget, 21. 5 percent of 18 to 25yearolds have an issue with illicit drugs. Talk to me a little bit about that and what kind of drugs are they using. It is quite different than it was even 2 or 3 years ago. We see a huge increase in pharmaceutical drug use, not using it as prescribed. We also see an increase in alcohol use, and binge drinking is a serious probl
And that is our encore on tour. By the way. I am proud to play it, we are from san francisco. We are going to play that piece we are going to play that piece no matter where we are. [music playing] hello. Im Ivette Torres and welcome to another edition of the road to recovery. Today, well be talking about youth and young adults in recovery. Joining us in our panel today are tami bahr, assistant director, connections counseling, board member of recovery foundation, madison, wisconsin; jonathan katz, director, rita j. Kaplan Jewish Community services, jewish board of family and children services, new york, new york; justin riley, atlarge board member, faces and voices of recovery, seattle, washington; bridget ruiz, technical expert lead, division of systems improvement, jbs international, bethesda, maryland. Bridget, 21. 5 percent of 18 to 25yearolds have an issue with illicit drugs. Talk to me a little bit about that and what kind of drugs are they using. It is quite different than it w
The road to recovery. Today, well be talking about youth and young adults in recovery. Joining us in our panel today are tami bahr, assistant director, connections counseling, board member of recovery foundation, madison, wisconsin; jonathan katz, director, rita j. Kaplan Jewish Community services, jewish board of family and children services, new york, new york; justin riley, atlarge board member, faces and voices of recovery, seattle, washington; bridget ruiz, technical expert lead, division of systems improvement, jbs international, bethesda, maryland. Bridget, 21. 5 percent of 18 to 25yearolds have an issue with illicit drugs. Talk to me a little bit about that and what kind of drugs are they using. It is quite different than it was even 2 or 3 years ago. We see a huge increase in pharmaceutical drug use, not using it as prescribed. We also see an increase in alcohol use, and binge drinking is a serious problem, as well as some of the more legal types of drugs labeled as incense or
assistant director, connections counseling, board member of recovery foundation, madison, wisconsin; jonathan katz, director, rita j. kaplan jewish community services, jewish board of family and children services, new york, new york; justin riley, at-large board member, faces and voices of recovery, seattle, washington; bridget ruiz, technical expert lead, division of systems improvement, jbs international, bethesda, maryland. bridget, 21.5 percent of 18- to 25-year-olds have an issue with illicit drugs. talk to me a little bit about that and what kind of drugs are they using. it is quite different than it was even 2 or 3 years ago. we see a huge increase in pharmaceutical drug use, not using it as prescribed. we also see an increase in alcohol use, and binge drinking is a serious problem, as well as some of the more legal types of drugs labeled as incense or those types of things in different smoke shops. and jonathan, does that hold true for what you are seeing in new york