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Courage to Speak-Courageous Parenting 101

By Ginger Katz On February 14, 2019 · Add Comment

The Courage to Speak© Foundation began shortly after I lost my son Ian to heroin and prescription drug overdose. In the years that followed, I came to understand first hand the behaviors that enabled and perpetuated the disease of [...]

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Starting the conversation, parenting through the opioid crisis

By Ginger Katz On January 2, 2019 · Add Comment

By: Julia Werth | December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo: Erik Trautmann / Hearst Connecticut Media

Kileen Doyle never spoke to her son about drugs while he was growing up. She wasn’t even aware that some of his [...]

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15th Annual Courage To Speak Empowering Youth to Be Drug Free Family Night

On December 13, 2018 By Ginger Katz

This article below is about the 11th Annual Courage To Speak Empowering Youth to Be Drug Free Family Night. This is what can be expected in the 15th Annual Courage To Speak Empowering Youth to Be Drug Free Family Night [...]

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Parents Are Cutting Off Their Opioid-Addicted Kids — and It’s the Toughest Decision of Their Lives

On November 14, 2018 By Ginger Katz

By Kristen Bahler

November 12, 2018

Kim Humphrey was sitting in a sea of chairs, surrounded by about 40 people he had never met, when the Phoenix police officer finally realized what a train wreck his life [...]

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Citing spike in weed usage among students, Palm Springs Unified wants to place focus on more counseling and prevention

On November 7, 2018 By Ginger Katz

Courage to Speak Drug Prevention Programs are currently implemented in Palm Springs District. These programs Include: 

Courage to Speak® Drug Prevention Education Program for Elementary Schools Courage to Speak® Drug Prevention Education Program for Middle Schools Courage to Speak® [...]
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Family Focus: Ginger Katz of the Courage To Speak Foundation

On August 14, 2018 By Ginger Katz

Posted by Informed Families on July 11, 2018 at 11:57 AM

When Ginger Katz’s 20-year-old son Ian died of a drug overdose, the doctors suggested she tell people that he died of a heart attack or brain aneurysm. Katz [...]

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Courage to Speak Foundation

On January 31, 2018 By Ginger Katz

Hartford Opioid Forum January 25th, 2018

To view the broadcast of the Opioid Forum at the State Capital please follow the link below:

http://ct-n.com/ctnplayer.asp?odID=14919

The Courage to Speak® Foundation was proud to present a preview of our new Parenting [...]

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Press Release: DEA releases 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment

On October 31, 2017 By Ginger Katz

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Press Release DEA releases 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment
Prescription opioid abuse poses deadly threat

WASHINGTON – DEA Acting Administrator Robert Patterson today announced results of the 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA), which [...]

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