Thank you.
In health care, we talk about trauma-informed care, which is this idea, essentially, that not everyone will disclose their trauma to begin with, so it's about opening that door and treating everyone in a way that is sensitive and appropriate. I think we probably need something fairly similar when it comes to substance use and making the assumption that any person could potentially have a substance use disorder and may need some help.
This is where understanding.... People want to be resilient. People want to be able to bend and bend back. I think that being able to build that out is probably one of the most important things we can do for people from a trauma-informed lens. We need to be having a lot more conversations about how we build skills.
Even when we talk about some of these prevention programs that, for example, have done amazing things like reduce by half the initiation of drugs or alcohol, it's really about skill-building. It's about building communication with families. It's about helping people survive better in the world.
More than anything, it's about being able to meet people at the moment they are in.
Thank you.