https://wesleycullendavidson.com/addiction/dry-january
This is a blog to encourage young people to continue sobriety in the new year.
Health & Medicine
Lifestyle
Parenting
Wellness
Arts & Culture
Travel
I am a freelance health and lifestyles journalist. I also write promotional content for ad agencies and p.r. firms.The co-author of When Your Child Is Gay: What You Need To Know ( Sterling: 2016), I research and write about issues parents face raising LGBTQ+ children. Having lost a son to a drug overdose in 2016, I also write about addiction issues for my blog: https://www.whenyourchildisaddicted.com and Facebook groups: “Kids on Drugs: Signs, Risks and How to Get Help!” “When Your Child is LBGTQ+.”
My portfolio of clips can be viewed at https://www.wesleycullendavidson.com
From Publishers Lunch Deluxe, October 2, 2022: Non Fiction: Health/Medicine. “Author and mother who lost a son to drugs Wesley Davidson and neuropsychologist SanAm Hafeez, Psy.D’s Secrets of Sober Parents: How To Get Your Kids Unhooked, pitched for parents desperate for answers and stuck in ineffective patterns of coping with children with substance abuse disorders. To St. Martin’s Press (MacMillan), Elizabeth Beier, editor. Steve Harris, CSG Literary, agent.
Subjects
General
Specialties
Addiction and Recovery, Raising LGBTQ+ children, health, promotional copy for art, travel, p.r. & advertising.
Skills
- Blog posts
- Books
- Essays
- Feature writing
- Profiles
- Podcasts
- Publicity
- Web copy
- Brochures
- Content marketing
- Copywriting
Writing Credits
I have written for online publications such as psychology today.com, advocate.com, medshadow.org, Ravishly.com as well as print magazines such as Curves, Spirituality & Health. You can see my copy for p.r. and advertising clients too at https://wesleycullendavidson.com/portfolio.
Book Credits
With Jonathan L. Tobkes, M.D., I am the co-author of WhenYourChildIsGay: What You Need To Know ( Sterling: 2016). I am currently working with a neuro psychologist Sanam Hafeez, Psy.D. on an addiction recovery book entitled Secrets of Sober Parents: How To Get Your Kids Unhooked. It’s under contract with MacMillan (St. Martin’s Press), slated for 2024.
Awards, Honors, Appointments
I received the English prize in the eighth grade at Choate Rosemary Hall, a prep school in Wallingford, Connecticut.
Selected Work
As author, unless indicated otherwise.
When Your Child Is Gay: What You Need to Know
Co-authored with Jonathan L. Tobkes, M.D. this is a parenting, self-help book for straight parents raising LGBT+children.
ReadRead
https://wesleycullendavidson.com/addiction/would-you-recognize-an-overdose
This is an article for the general public so that they know the telltale signs of a person who is overdosing from drugs.i
"Is Helping A Child Recover from Addiction "Enabling?"
This article is for parents who wish to know how much they should be helping their child with substance abuse disorder.
What's Killing the 18-45 Age Group?
- Opioid overdose is the leading cause of death in 18-45 year-olds, with 70% from the synthetic opioid fentanyl.
- Every 8.57 minutes, someone dies from an opioid overdose. Rahul Gupta, Director of National Drug Control Policy.
- Fentanyl is killing more young Americans than Covid-19. Rep. Greg Murphy, M.D. (N.C.)
- 107,000 people in the U.S. have died from illicit drugs in 2021.
On February 15, 2023, I watched a Senate Hearing led by Senator Robert Menendez ( D-N.J.) on PBS.org regarding fentanyl. This Senate hearing outlined the supply chain that brings drugs to the United States.
- Chemicals are mass-produced in China and are sent to Mexico where cartels make them into fentanyl powder and press out drugs that often look like prescription pills. There are two cartels in Mexico that control the operations. Money laundering is involved. Because the border is not secure, it’s easy to transport fentanyl into the United States through the U.S.-Mexican border.
- Because fentanyl is so powerful, it can be smuggled in tiny quantities. Anne Milgram, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, attests that a miniscule amount of fentanyl that would cover a pencil point would be enough to kill someone.
- Fentanyl is cheaper than heroin, but nearly 50 times as potent and 80 to 100 times stronger than morphine. The National Institute on Drug Abuse reported last year, in 75 percent of cocaine deaths and 50% of methamphetamine deaths, the drugs were mixed with fentanyl.The price of fentanyl on the street has dropped 50 percent affecting an influx in supply.
Drug Treatment Options: Do Your Homework!
This blog post educates parents on the different treatment options for their addicted child. It also contains caveats to watch for when selecting a treatment.
