Drug Endangered Children - 1 in 8 children live with one or more caregiver with a substance use disorder in the United States. Millions of children and families are affected by parental or caregiver legal and or illegal substance misuse today. 759,000 children experienced a parental death due to drugs from 1999-2000.
Dr. Lev discussed drug endangered children and solutions with Eric Nation.
National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children
Executive Director
Eric Nation spent over 20 years in the field of law enforcement where he worked his way
up to Lieutenant. As a Lieutenant, he led a large successful drug task force and started a
countywide Drug Endangered Children Alliance. Mr. Nation came to National DEC to
have a greater impact on law enforcement and other professionals by training and
educating them on substance misuse and the impact to children. Mr. Nation was the
Director of Training and Development where he helped develop curriculum and
materials, worked with agencies across the country to provide trainings and technical
assistance to professionals. Mr. Nation is also a national trainer on various topics
including substance use, law enforcement, building multidisciplinary teams, capacity
building, and drug trends. Mr. Nation is currently National DEC's Executive Director
impacting change at a different level. Mr. Nation is very passionate about helping
children and brings passion to every part of the work he does across the country.
