Tina Khan joins us today to discuss her experience watching her son’s spiral into drugs and mental health crises and what it did to their family. This is definitely an episode you want to hear before you choose to let your kids listen in, but it really does merit a listen by young people to hear what drug addiction does, not just to an individual, but a family and community.

Where are we as a Muslim community in terms of supporting our young Muslims struggling with drug addiction, and just as importantly to our momcrew, are we there for our moms who have a child in crisis like this? If not now, WHY NOT. If not now, WHEN?

Tune in at 6pm EST tonight on Apple podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or click on our link in bio and SHARE this episode link with 2 moms you know so THEY know they’ve got allies and ears with us. Make sure you use your podcast app to look up the links on this one.

Links:

1. Ten years of substance use research in Muslim populations: Where do we go from here?: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jmmh/10381607.0010.103/--ten-years-of-substance-use-research-in-muslim-populations?rgn=main;view=fulltext
2. Substance Abuse and Addiction in the Muslim Community: Facing Stigma and Seeking Support: https://www.ispu.org/substance-abuse-and-addiction-in-the-muslim-community/
3. Participate in Muslim drug treatment research study: https://betterconduct.org/
4. Teena’s email: teena.khn@gmail.com
5. Listen to Teena on King of the World podcast: https://www.rifelion.com/shows/kingoftheworld

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