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00:01 Did you know that many parents have teens,
00:03 who are using drugs and have drug kits 00:06 right in the home hidden in plain sight. 00:09 Well, stay tuned to find out the signs and symptoms 00:12 of this massive social problem. 00:15 My name is Yvonne Lewis Shelton. 00:17 And I'm Jason Bradley. 00:18 And you're watching Urban Report. 00:45 Hello and welcome to Urban Report. 00:47 I'm your host Yvonne Lewis Shelton, 00:49 and I'm pleased to have as my co-host, my son, 00:52 the general manager of Dare to Dream network, 00:54 Jason Bradley. 00:56 Yay! Good to be here with you. 00:59 So glad you're here. 01:01 I'm particularly happy that you're here 01:04 on this program 01:05 because I think you have a lot of input 01:08 that you're going unfortunately, 01:10 you're going to have, or fortunately, too. 01:13 But you know why I mean unfortunately. 01:15 And you'll know in a few minutes 01:17 why I'm saying unfortunately. 01:19 But you're going to be glad he's here too 01:21 because he's going to share 01:22 some of his insights with us. 01:25 And our guest today is Michelle Bertinetti-Smith. 01:29 She is the outreach coordinator for the Gateway Foundation. 01:32 Welcome to Urban Report, Michelle. 01:35 Thank you so much for having me. 01:37 We are so glad that you're here. 01:40 You know, we heard about your presentation 01:43 some months ago and I thought, 01:46 "Wow that would be such a great program 01:49 to have a program that lets parents know 01:53 when their children are using drugs 01:55 because a lot of them..." 01:57 But a lot of time, if you're like me, 01:58 you have no clue about stuff like this. 02:00 See... 02:01 Well, that's true. 02:02 He... 02:04 Tell little bit about your journey, Jay, 02:05 just an overview of your journey 02:07 so that people understand what. 02:09 Okay, so, you know, the Bible says, 02:11 "By beholding you become changed." 02:13 So around the age of 14, I kind of left the church 02:17 and I started hanging around with the wrong people, 02:19 and then I also started just listening 02:22 to the wrong types of music 02:24 and watching the wrong movies, of course, 02:26 when she is either not around 02:28 or when I was spending the night at a friend's house 02:30 or something like that. 02:32 And then so I got involved in drugs. 02:34 I started smoking marijuana, 02:36 and then I started doing like Xanax 02:39 and some other things. 02:41 And so it was kind of a gateway drug type of thing, 02:43 you know, and I look at some of these things 02:46 that are on the table and they take me 02:49 back to my past when I used to do those things. 02:53 Later on down the line and as my habit got worse, 02:56 I had to find a way to fund that habit 02:58 so I started selling drugs a little bit. 03:00 And I wasn't any good at it and I ended up... 03:04 Thank God for that. Yeah, that's a blessing. 03:06 And so then I ended up getting arrested, 03:09 and for me that was my rock bottom, 03:11 and that was the last time I touched drugs. 03:13 But I could have been sentenced 03:14 to 15 years in prison. 03:17 And I just left it alone after that 03:20 and ended up giving my heart to a Lord 03:22 a couple years later prior to coming to work here. 03:27 Yes, and we just praise God for the fact 03:30 that He brought him through. 03:32 And we're thankful that we have you here 03:35 to share this with us. 03:36 Tell us a little bit about Gateway 03:38 and what you do at Gateway Foundation. 03:40 Well, I am the outreach coordinator 03:42 at Gateway Foundation, so my position there 03:46 is to work with the community and make sure that, 03:49 you know, I keep everybody up-to-date 03:51 with the different programs and services that are available 03:54 because a lot of times whenever 03:56 you're looking at school systems 03:58 or, you know, the legal system maybe knowledgeable. 04:02 But there's a lot of people in the community 04:03 that aren't knowledgeable about the current services 04:06 and support that's available right here locally. 04:10 So I do a lot of education within the community 04:13 and then I also do prevention piece 04:16 called Hidden in Plain Sight. 04:18 And so that is my parent education 04:21 on teenage drug trends. 04:24 And I've presented this at multiple different facets. 04:28 I've presented it for teachers 04:30 during our teacher education days, 04:32 I've presented it at schools 04:34 for their parent teacher orientation night 04:37 in high school 04:38 to help parents, and sometimes grandparents 04:40 are even raising their kids. 04:42 So, you know, you've got that generation gap. 04:45 So they may have been able to spot some things, 04:48 you know, many years ago with their children 04:49 when things were so different. 04:51 But having that generation gap there, 04:53 they're lost. 04:55 And it's not that they don't care, they do care, 04:58 you know, they love their grandchildren, 05:00 and parents love their kids. 05:02 But you don't know what to look for. 05:03 But you don't know the signs. No, you don't. 05:05 And nowadays, there's... 05:06 I mean people are so innovative 05:08 that they're getting more and more creative 05:10 as time goes on. 05:11 I'm sure somewhere along the line, 05:13 there's going to be stuff that I don't even recognize 05:15 or that we didn't have back in the day, so... 05:18 Well, there's things here that weren't there 05:21 whenever I was in high school. 05:23 So, there things have changed. 05:27 Yes. 05:28 So feel free to jump in, Jay, 05:30 as we go through this and talk about 05:33 if any of these things 05:34 are things that you were acquainted with. 05:37 And then afterwards you and I have to have a talk. 05:40 I'd be running after this stuff. 05:42 Yeah, that's right. 05:43 I was just kidding. 05:44 This program is so valuable to us 05:47 that we're doing two parts. 05:49 So this is part one, and we're going to follow it up 05:52 with a part two 05:53 because there's just so much information 05:55 that Michelle has brought to us 05:58 that we just have to share this with you. 06:01 So let's get started, Michelle, tell us 06:03 what's this on the table? 06:05 Well, I have several things. 06:06 Normally, I set up a mock teenage bedroom, 06:09 and these things are hidden and dispersed 06:11 throughout the bedroom. 06:13 And I give the adults an opportunity 06:16 to go through the bedroom and write down, 06:18 you know, what they think are signs of possible drug use. 06:22 And then afterwards I go all over of what's actually 06:25 in the bedroom and why there are signs. 06:28 And with our spacing today, what I did was 06:31 I just brought instead of going through 06:33 and having people search, 06:34 I just brought some of those things 06:36 from the bedroom with me today 06:38 that a lot of people would typically look over. 06:40 Some of them are obvious, but there's a lot of things, 06:44 you know, apparently look at and say, 06:46 "Oh, that's a little different or those messy teenagers, 06:49 they are always littering their soda cans around, 06:52 I'm always happen to pick up their dirty clothes. 06:55 You know, the hamper is right there," you know, 06:57 so there's so many things that they walk by 07:00 and they have no idea are signs 07:03 because things do evolve and change. 07:05 Yes, yes, show us some of these things. 07:07 I'm looking at things that look normal. 07:11 They do. 07:12 If you're seeing a crushed can laying on the floor 07:14 along with ten others, you would think I really wish 07:17 they didn't drink soda in the room 07:18 because there with the cans, 07:20 they're crushed up in their room 07:21 and that type of thing. 07:23 But this can is actually a little different. 07:24 So if you were to look at it closely, 07:27 and I'll turn it this way so you guys can see it. 07:30 But it has perforation here... 07:32 Little holes in it. 07:34 So it's creased, it's perforated, 07:36 and then over here on this side is a cut triangle. 07:42 So what this says is, yes, it's a soda can that was once, 07:47 you know, contained soda but now it is a bong 07:51 used to smoke marijuana. 07:53 A bong is a utensil... 07:56 Utensil. 07:57 An instrument, okay. 07:59 Used to smoke marijuana. 08:01 But what they do is typically you see this with kids 08:05 that are just starting out to smoke marijuana. 08:07 Okay. 08:09 So this is their beginning, 08:10 this is the very first beginning signs, 08:12 and they may not be in their room, 08:13 they could be, you know, outside by the garage, 08:17 you know, they may be other places. 08:19 But if you know that, you know, what to look for, 08:23 the crease here and the perforation 08:25 is a sign of possible marijuana use, 08:28 then you're going to look further into things. 08:30 So, yeah, typically this is when they first start out, 08:33 they're 12, 13, maybe 14, and this is what they use. 08:39 They place their marijuana here... 08:41 Should I, is it okay here? 08:42 Yeah, no, please explain it. 08:43 Yeah, and going along with what you're saying, 08:46 like part of that is 08:47 because these young kids can't go to the corner store 08:51 and purchase a blunt or a cigarillos or whatever. 08:55 So but they can have, soda cans are everywhere, 08:59 so they get that, they can go buy papers 09:01 and do all those things, 09:03 so they'd probably use what they can find at home. 09:04 Right. 09:05 And this is, you know, it's been shared with them. 09:07 You know, their friend got it from their older sibling 09:10 or, you know, along those lines is how that happens 09:14 for the younger kids. 09:16 So yeah, so they just place it here 09:18 and light it on fire, 09:19 and then they typically 09:20 will use this cut triangle area, 09:23 and that's where they'll inhale like that. 09:27 So that's why that's a sign. 09:29 But if you were just to see it sitting on the floor 09:32 in the ground... 09:33 You wouldn't think a thing. 09:34 You wouldn't think a thing of it, 09:36 you're just going to pick it up with the rest of the trash 09:37 and probably wouldn't even look at it very closely, 09:39 just be aggravated that, 09:40 you know, yet again picking up things that they know 09:43 they should be throwing away. 09:44 Right, right, right. 09:47 Another sign is a lot of things that make your room smell good. 09:52 So, you know, if they are smoking marijuana, 09:55 and they're there, you know, maybe more on a regular basis, 09:58 they're going to try to cover up that smell. 10:01 So incense in the room, and then I also have, 10:06 you know, some different, you know, fragrant spray... 10:09 Air fresheners, lots of air fresheners. 10:12 Are signs and then again dryer sheets 10:16 that I have over there, those are also a sign. 10:19 So if they're smoking marijuana on a regular basis, 10:21 they're going to have their incense burning, 10:23 they're going to have sprayed their popery spray, 10:26 and then they're going to have dryer sheets 10:28 laying around. 10:30 And what the dryer sheets do is they absorb odors. 10:36 So they're going to absorb the odor of the marijuana, 10:38 so they're going to line their clothing drawers with it, 10:41 you're going to be like, 10:42 "Oh, I really hope they put them in their shoes, 10:44 or perhaps, you know, if they ask you to clean feat." 10:46 As a parent that's what I would be thinking 10:48 if I didn't have the experience that I gained with Gateway. 10:51 So I'd be like, "Oh, that's fine, 10:53 it's going to make their room smell better," you know, 10:56 but they're typically not doing that for, 10:59 you know, the reason that we would hope for, 11:02 they're doing to disguise the smell. 11:04 So it goes in their drawers, 11:07 and just wherever the clothes are to absorb, 11:11 to take it out of the clothes 11:12 so that the parent doesn't smell. 11:14 I'm going to put this in my gym bag, 11:16 I'm going to put this in my backpack, 11:18 I'm going to line my drawers. 11:19 Yeah, or put it over a toilet paper roll. 11:23 And that is another giveaway. 11:29 We have adolescent programs, 11:30 we have residential programs at my facility, 11:33 so I had the opportunity to be able to work 11:35 with adolescents and hear their stories 11:37 and, you know, the things that they did. 11:39 And this thing, I had a young boy, 11:43 he was 16, started at 14. 11:46 I noticed that correlation. 11:49 He started smoking marijuana around 14, 11:51 it became a regular use for him, 11:54 and he would get high in his room, 11:57 be home all night long 11:59 and, you know, if anybody was to ask... 12:03 Mom came in and out of the room, 12:04 it's not like mom was not ever in the room. 12:07 You know, mom came in and out of the room, checked on him, 12:09 you know, that type of thing because a lot of times 12:10 teenagers are on their cell phones or tablets... 12:12 Right, right. 12:14 You know, doing something on the computer. 12:16 We all want them to be doing homework, 12:18 but, you know, they're occupied in their rooms for a while. 12:22 But I only put two dryer sheets on this, 12:25 this is called the spool lift and what they do with this... 12:29 And I found out two dryer sheets is not adequate 12:31 from the boys in my recovery home. 12:33 It takes about five dryer sheets approximately. 12:36 Okay, I don't know if you know, but... 12:39 You're familiar with this? 12:41 Yeah, I used that like 12:42 if you're at a college dorm room 12:44 or something like that, and college apartment, yeah. 12:48 Yeah and what they do is 12:49 they put their one header in here... 12:51 The what? 12:52 The one header or... 12:54 I have an example of one, 12:56 but it's used to smoke marijuana. 12:58 And so it only holds a very small amount, 13:01 so it's not like... 13:03 And I have some cigars too to show you a lot of time 13:05 so hollow out cigars, and there are some signs 13:07 that go with that, now we can go over that too. 13:10 But they'll put their pipe in here or their one header 13:15 or whatever they're using to smoke 13:17 and they'll put that in here so that the dryer sheets, 13:20 of course, are now absorbing the smell, 13:22 and they'll take a drag off of it 13:24 and they'll blow it all the smoke here like this. 13:28 Mom and dad can walk in the room five minutes later 13:32 and never smell the marijuana. 13:33 My child's been home all night long, 13:36 I know that they have not done anything, 13:39 they are not high, 13:40 they have not done anything, they have been home, 13:43 I have been in and out of that bedroom, 13:45 I know, but they'll never smell it. 13:50 That boy got by with it for two years. 13:54 I was never bold enough to try that in your house. 13:59 And, you know, we want parents to know like this is... 14:02 This program is not to show your adolescent how to do it, 14:07 they already know, they already know. 14:10 So don't think that, "Oh, they're teaching... 14:12 Educating. 14:13 Yeah, educating kids how to do it. 14:15 No, they already know, 14:16 you're the one that doesn't know 14:18 and that's why we're doing this because I wouldn't have known, 14:21 I would not have known this, so that's why we're doing this, 14:24 not because we want to teach children how to do it, 14:27 they already know. 14:29 Yeah. Yeah. 14:32 And a lot of them do especially in high school. 14:36 Something that is going around in high school 14:39 that wasn't there whenever I went to school 14:41 so this is kind of different. 14:43 But a lot of children are on ADHD medications 14:48 or depression medications, anxiety medicines... 14:50 Like Ritalin, Ativan. 14:51 Ritalin, Ativan and things like that. 14:54 So medications prescribed on a regular daily use level 14:59 is something that's a norm now in our high schools. 15:03 And those prescriptions are there for a reason, 15:04 those children need those medications, 15:06 you know, in order to help them focus, 15:08 in order to help them pay attention 15:10 to be able to focus and to make good grades. 15:13 So for the children that they're intended for, 15:16 it's perfectly fine. 15:17 It's monitored by a physician, you know, that type of thing. 15:21 But what kids are, are opportunistic. 15:25 So whenever they're looking at 15:28 "Okay, you know, I heard if I, 15:30 you know, take five or six of them 15:32 and I don't need it 15:34 because I don't suffer from ADHD 15:36 or, you know, attention deficit disorder 15:39 or, you know, some other things, 15:41 hyperactivity, you know, things like that. 15:44 I take several of those 15:46 and maybe drink a little bit of alcohol with it, 15:48 it's going to give me a pretty unique euphoric feeling 15:52 or a high feeling." 15:54 And so I talk to parents. 15:56 This is a prescription right here 15:59 bottle that has no label on it. 16:01 And I talk to parents 16:03 if their children are on ADHD medications. 16:06 You know, a lot of times in high school 16:08 those children are responsible enough 16:10 to take those on their own. 16:13 So a lot of times they'll carry it 16:14 in their backpack and things like that 16:16 and that's fine, 16:17 but they need to be monitored. 16:20 So there's two things that can happen, 16:22 you know, they could easily, you know, have some stolen, 16:26 that's unintentional, 16:27 you know, your child's taking it regularly, 16:29 but now they've lost some 16:30 'cause someone has taken some for wrong purposes 16:34 or they've shared them with their friends. 16:37 But something that children don't know is 16:40 that they're highly addictive 16:42 whenever you're looking at abuse and taking multiples. 16:45 And if they're able to do that for several days in a row, 16:49 then they can actually form an addiction 16:52 to those medications. 16:54 Now they're not knowledgeable about it, 16:55 they're just thinking this is a neat thing to try 16:57 and, you know, Susie tried it, 16:59 and she's okay and said it was fun. 17:02 So they're not thinking about the big picture 17:04 because they don't know. 17:06 What are some of the dangers involved in taking 17:09 someone else's medication like that? 17:11 What are some of the dangers, some of the things 17:13 that can happen to you? 17:14 Well, first of all, 17:16 it's not been prescribed for them 17:17 for their any medical condition that they have, 17:20 it's not being monitored by a physician. 17:22 You don't know if they may be hypersensitive 17:25 to one of the things, one of the different components 17:28 in that drug, and have, you know, a very... 17:34 It could be a really bad result 17:36 depending on their reaction to something 17:38 if they are hypersensitive, you know, 17:40 and that could escalate from hallucinations 17:43 to, you know, even if they're allergic to it, 17:46 you know, breaking out in hives, 17:47 and the similar to if somebody was allergic 17:50 to bee stings or... 17:52 You don't know their response, 17:54 and it's not monitored by a physician, 17:56 and it's not being taken in a prescribed manner. 17:59 There is a lot of precautions and things to look for 18:03 if a child was taking that type of medication unintended. 18:08 And do they often mix that with other things like alcohol, 18:12 so isn't there the risk of alcohol toxicity as well 18:16 or some kind of drug toxicity as a result of mixing the two? 18:20 They can still have their effect medically, 18:23 I would have to ask a physician to be clearly... 18:28 I know if they take this and abuse it 18:29 or if they abuse alcohol, 18:31 some of the things to look for that could happen 18:33 but mixing them together, 18:35 yeah, it definitely intensifies the alcohol 18:38 because you already have a euphoric feeling 18:40 from the prescription medication that you... 18:43 Was not intended for you to take. 18:45 So then you add alcohol on that also, 18:48 you know, has that same effect, 18:52 and then that could be an intensified effect. 18:56 Something else too I talked to parents about 18:59 is to also look and make sure that the pills are labeled 19:03 because if kids have pills like in their possession 19:07 that came from Jimmy that has the ADHD medication, 19:11 then a lot of times they'll take a paper towel 19:14 and they'll rub off the label. 19:16 So they will de-label them because they know mom and dad 19:19 are going to take their phone out 19:21 and Google that. 19:23 The first thing they're going to do, 19:24 this is not supposed to be in my child's possession, 19:27 let's see what this is 19:28 and we're going to Google that labeling. 19:30 So a lot of times they'll rub the labeling off. 19:32 And then the other thing too is, 19:34 you know, even if they are on certain medications, 19:37 not only the counter pills, 19:38 but in there is a pill that shouldn't be in there. 19:42 Yeah, so I don't know if... 19:44 Can see it. Yeah, if they can. 19:46 They might not be able to but we can see it. 19:48 Yeah, but you can see it. 19:49 That's the different size and shape, 19:51 so we should look at that as well 19:53 and see what's in there. 19:54 We all live busy lives today. 19:57 But, you know, just a couple things 19:59 if you're aware of it, 20:00 it only takes a couple seconds to look. 20:02 Right. 20:03 Yeah, yeah, even over-the-counter bottles too, 20:06 kids going to hide stuff in those as well. 20:09 They sure can. 20:11 What's this? 20:13 That is a bong. 20:15 Now I bought this at a local gas station for $10. 20:20 So it's not like I spend a lot of money, 20:23 this came from a local here in Southern Illinois, 20:27 and I asked the gas station attendant 20:28 because I know what adolescent use this 20:31 and adults use this for. 20:32 This is a bong 20:34 and it's primarily used to smoke marijuana in, 20:38 but I asked the gas station attendant, 20:40 you know, what those intended purposes were 20:43 that they had all these smoking devices. 20:47 And he shared with me that that was for tobacco use. 20:52 So that was open, it wasn't like 20:54 it was in a secret area or in a smoke shop, 20:58 that was at a local gas station next to the bubble gum 21:01 at the front register and it cost me $10. 21:06 Yeah, you see a lot of pipes too by those. 21:09 In smoke shops too they used to have it 21:11 before like marijuana became legal in some areas, 21:14 they used to have that folded pipes 21:17 are for tobacco use only, 21:18 and the bongs for tobacco use only and stuff like that. 21:21 But, you know, you know that's not the case. 21:26 What's this? 21:27 Well, we didn't have vaping whenever I went to school. 21:31 I don't even know. What is vaping? 21:33 Vaping is primarily used, 21:35 it's supposed to be used to help adults 21:38 that are addicted to cigarettes, 21:41 it's a different form of smoking tobacco 21:44 that supposedly doesn't have maybe 21:46 all the different additives to it. 21:47 Like the e-cig? The e-cigarette? 21:49 Yes, like e-cigarette. 21:50 Now there's all kinds of different versions of it. 21:53 Everything that I have here, nothing came from online, 21:57 majority of it came from donations 21:59 from local police department, from Illinois state police, 22:03 so the things that I have are things 22:05 that have been confiscated from adolescents. 22:10 So for a vaping, that actually came... 22:14 It's something really big and popular. 22:16 They can vape marijuana. 22:20 So they can vape marijuana with it, 22:23 they can vape tobacco with it, but tobacco and marijuana 22:27 are both things that a child in high school 22:30 shouldn't be doing. 22:32 Right, absolutely. 22:33 And, you know, if they think that, 22:35 "Oh, it's not as bad as cigarettes." 22:37 They don't think about the other side effects, 22:39 that it's just as addictive. 22:41 You know, whenever you're looking at smoking 22:44 to even just tobacco in them, 22:46 but a lot of times it's also a gateway. 22:49 So whenever you had mentioned, 22:51 you know, different things that you had tried, 22:53 there, there... 22:54 I believe that there is gateway drugs 22:56 whenever it comes to adolescents, 22:58 and I feel like marijuana is definitely a gateway drug. 23:02 For those who don't know what a gateway drug is, 23:05 I mean, I do know what that is, 23:07 but for the viewer who doesn't know, 23:09 would you explain what a gateway drug is? 23:12 A gateway drug is a drug that opens the door 23:15 that seems innocent, and seems small, 23:17 it doesn't seem like you're doing something big like, 23:19 you know, "I'm not shooting up heroin, 23:22 you know, I just tried a little bit of marijuana 23:25 or I just drank a little alcohol at a party." 23:29 Those are small things that open the door 23:32 to exposure to all the other drugs. 23:37 And it happens very slowly, 23:39 so it's not like all of a sudden 23:41 they smoked marijuana, and 10 minutes later, 23:43 there's somebody shooting up heroin. 23:45 You know, this is a slow process, 23:46 and so that's why they refer, 23:49 you know, to it as a gateway drug. 23:51 That's like sin too, like when you look at sin, sin, 23:55 it's a gradual progression and so, you do it once, 23:59 you like it, you do it again, you like it a little bit more, 24:02 you do it again. 24:03 You begin to embrace it, 24:06 and then you're looking for the next thing, 24:08 and that's the same thing with drugs, 24:11 like with marijuana, you can escalate. 24:14 Very true. Very true. 24:15 What are these clips? Paper clips. 24:19 Those paper clips, those are used... 24:21 A lot of times I set them out in the bedroom, 24:25 let me just set them around. 24:26 And I talk to parents that bent paper clips 24:30 are a sign of marijuana use. 24:32 If somebody is regularly smoking marijuana, 24:36 they are going to have some paper clips 24:38 that they have straightened out 24:39 so they can clean something that builds up 24:41 in the pipes called resin. 24:44 So resin builds up, 24:45 and it kind of blocks that pathway for them 24:47 to be able to inhale the marijuana 24:49 that they're trying to smoke. 24:50 Okay. So they'll take bent... 24:52 They'll take paper clips, they'll bend them out, 24:54 and then they'll clean out their pipes, 24:55 and then they can smoke some more marijuana. 24:58 So this is a sign. 24:59 So marijuana is smoked through pipes, 25:00 not just the joint? 25:02 There's multiple different ways, 25:03 there's the can, 25:05 there's pipes, there's the bong. 25:08 This is a retainer container 25:11 and in here are two different types of pipes, 25:16 one is a glass... 25:17 Here, I'll turn it this way. 25:18 One is a glass pipe and one is a metal pipe 25:21 but they're the same thing. 25:23 And resin builds up 25:24 because they smoke it off of the small end, 25:27 and they put the marijuana in the larger area, 25:30 and they light that on fire, and then they smoke it, 25:33 inhale it through the small end. 25:36 Well, that pathway between the two 25:38 is where the resin builds up. 25:40 So that's where they would take the bent paper clips 25:45 to clean it out. 25:46 So if you see a bent paper clip and you throw it away 25:48 and you never see anymore, then maybe not. 25:51 But if you're seeing bent paper clips, 25:53 and you threw it away, next week you got another one. 25:57 "Well, now I threw that away, oh, there's two more. 26:00 All right, I'm cleaning up the room." 26:03 You know, I wonder if he's needing it for his, 26:05 you know, putting his papers together 26:07 for a project or something. 26:09 And no, probably, if you're seeing multiple 26:12 on separate occasions, 26:14 then you need to look a little further 26:15 in your child's room, in their car, 26:18 and maybe time to have some conversations 26:20 with your child. 26:22 Yes, for sure, for sure. 26:23 What is this? 26:25 We're just, we're down to like a minute. 26:27 Oh, okay. 26:29 This is an air duster. 26:31 And basically, a lot of times we have computers in our rooms, 26:36 so you know, teenagers, you know, are growing up, 26:38 I didn't have a computer but they do, 26:41 they're doing the school work, 26:43 so as a parent you look in the room, 26:44 you're like, "Oh, good, they're dusting things. 26:48 Oh, I'm so glad." 26:50 As I pick up the tinned soda cans in the car, 26:52 but I'm still putting the laundry away, 26:54 but look, they're dusty. 26:56 So that's not always the case. 26:59 They're probably, 27:00 if they're not neat to begin with, 27:02 that's probably not them trying to be neat. 27:05 This is an inhalant, 27:06 just like if you would think of back, a long time ago, 27:11 whenever you heard of people hovering gas, 27:14 that's an inhalant, spray cans of paint, 27:19 but see with paint cans, there's maybe 27:21 some evidence that they may have some, 27:23 you know, leftover paint in that can. 27:27 Well, the air duster, they don't. 27:29 So they spray all the cleaner out, 27:31 and they will put normally put a bag over it 27:35 and spray their remaining because that... 27:39 After they sprayed out the air duster product 27:41 and they're down to the vapes and the fumes, 27:43 that's what they inhale. 27:45 Wow. 27:46 This is so informative, this is great. 27:48 Yeah. 27:49 I'm so glad we're doing a part two 27:51 because we have some other items here 27:53 that we're going to talk about. 27:54 Thank you so much, Michelle, this is... 27:57 You're just really teaching us, 27:59 thank you so much for being here. 28:00 You're welcome. 28:01 Thank you so much for the opportunity 28:03 to be here with you, guys, today. 28:04 Absolutely. 28:05 Join us next time 28:07 'cause it wouldn't be the same without you. |
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