241. Eric Nation | Drug Endangered Children

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.