Fake Marijuana Use Is a Serious Problem for Teens

Close to 11,500 people were treated in emergency rooms in 2010 for nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and other symptoms related to the use of synthetic or fake marijuana products such as “K2” or “Spice.”

Three-quarters of these people were aged 12 to […]

Prescription Drug Abuse – Beware

by Faith A. Coleman MD / 2012
Prescription drug abuse and addiction is fast-becoming the most common and most threatening drug-related problem in our culture. All ages are affected; among teens it’s epidemic. Prescription drug abuse results in one death every […]

WPI Alum Develops a Straw That Can Detect If Someone Slipped Date Rape Drugs in Your Drink

Within the last three years, Mike Abramson and three of his friends have been handed a drink spiked with an odorless, colorless and tasteless drug. With an estimated one-million date rape victims every year, Abramson claims the chances are someone […]

Cypress-area teen suffers brain damage from synthetic marijuana

|HOUSTON — On December 7th Emily Bauer began to slur her speech, stumble, complain of massive migraine headaches and began to turn violent, psychotic, and too difficult for her frightened family to control.

Her family called for an ambulance to take […]

Kids and the pot culture

If you have kids, you most likely prayed hard that they would avoid drugs and alcohol. Once a child becomes intoxicated, childhood is over. The young person will never be the same again.

Thus, a sane society discourages substance abuse if […]

Students across the UK are getting high on computer cleaner in a new craze.

Dust-Off is flying off the shelves in university towns as party-loving Brits find cheap ways to get high. The deadly habit, known as dusting, involves sucking in compressed gas with a straw on the can’s nozzle.

The high is so intense […]

In Oregon, parents and teachers catalyze drug prevention in schools

Armed with knowledge and tools, parents are making a big difference in local school districts
by Emily Green February 1, 2024

Mila Priest, 8, focuses on computer playing the PAX Good Behavior Game during class at Fern Hill Elementary School in Forest […]

Preventing bullying can prevent substance abuse

Posted Saturday, October 12, 2024

By MARIE GARCEAU

October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Bullying prevention programs begin locally, with communities and the individuals within them creating safe and supportive schools, organizations, neighborhoods and family units.

While this campaign is not as recognized as much […]

No amount of marijuana is safe for teens

by Ken Winters and Naomi Schaefer Riley, opinion contributors, THE HILL news – 06/14/25 8:00 AM ET

“Since the failed war on drugs began more than 50 years ago, the prohibition of marijuana has ruined lives, families and communities, particularly communities […]

A Brief History of Drug Prevention

OPENING REMARK BY NDPA:
Dianova presents itself as a “Swiss NGO recognized as a Public Utility organization, committed to social progress”. Examination of their publications places them as an organisation which is less committed to primary prevention than to reactive approaches, such […]

4 proven ways parents can protect teens from drugs

From open communication to community involvement, strategies help families tackle teenage substance abuse head-on

By David Kesiena – Oct 13, 2025

Teenage drug use remains one of the most pressing concerns for parents across America, with recent studies showing that experimentation often begins in […]

6 ways to handle a child with substance abuse

By Babatunde Titilola – 7th September 2024

Substance abuse among children is a significant concern, with various studies indicating that it often begins from adolescence.

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which is part of the United States National Institutes of […]

The role of parents in preventing alcohol misuse

An Evaluation of the Kids, Adults Together Programme (KAT)

INTRODUCTION
A key influence on the timing of young people’s first alcohol use is the family (Spoth et al. 2002) and a number of substance misuse prevention programmes (mainly in the USA) have […]

The Importance of Family Dinners VI

Compared to teens who have frequent family dinners (five to seven per week), those who have infrequent family dinners (fewer than three per week) are more than twice as likely to say that they expect to try drugs in the […]

Tool May Allow Doctors to Assess Meth Impact on Babies Exposed Before Birth

A new assessment tool may allow doctors to evaluate the impact of methamphetamine on babies exposed in the womb. The tool may help identify which babies will go on to develop problems due to exposure to the drug, according to […]

Supervised drinking at home can lead to alcohol problems as a teenager

Many mothers and fathers think that allowing their children to have a supervised drink is a good way of exposing them to alcohol safely and taking away its illicit thrill. But new research suggests it sends mixed signals that result […]

Long-term effects of a parent and student intervention on alcohol use in adolescents: a cluster randomized controlled trial.

In this Dutch study, promoting parental rule setting and classroom alcohol education together nearly halved the proportion of adolescents who went on to drink heavily. Rarely have such strong and sustained drinking prevention impacts been recorded from these types of […]

Teens’ ‘cinnamon challenge’ is dangerous

A word of warning to parents of adolescents, from the nation’s poison centers: Yes, you’ve secured your medicine chest and your liquor cabinet, but a new thrill-seeking activity among teens might make you consider locking away the cinnamon shaker as […]

Reclassifying Cannabis

The article “Reclassifying cannabis ‘would make no difference to young’ – Experts say that the vast majority of teenagers get the drug from their friends” by Jonathan Owen from U.K.’s The Independent, January 6, 2008, relates to basic concerns that […]

Effective Parenting can reduce risk of substance use by adolescents.

Researchers have tested several models to explain in what way different factors influence the possibility that an adolescent starts to abuse substances. In all of these models, parental and family factors have a central position in the long-term pathways leading […]

Drug Education

The article below was written in an American publication in 2008 and drew on previous articles from the 1990s – also included here. It is salutary to see that the comments about drug education in schools in the USA are […]

Chapel Hill ISD Presenting Drug Prevention Program For Parents

Chapel Hill Independent School District announced today that they will host Project 7th Grade, a national initiative of the notMYkid organization that educates parents, schools and children on substance abuse prevention, for a presentation on effective means for families to […]

Parental monitoring can reduce teens’ marijuana use

A new American study suggests that parental monitoring can help bring down the cases of marijuana use by adolescents.
Psychologists Andrew Lac and William Crano of the Claremont Graduate University examined various studies to find the connection between parental monitoring (when […]

The Importance of Family Dinners

CASA REPORT FINDS TEENS WHO HAVE INFREQUENT FAMILY DINNERS LIKELIER TO DRINK, SMOKE, USE MARIJUANA
Compared to teens who have frequent family dinners (five or more per week), those who have infrequent family dinners (fewer than three per week) are twice […]

Be a WebSafe Parent – protect your kids from pro-drug web content

One of the questions that comes up time and again is how do we safeguard our children from being exposed to drugs and pro drug use content on the Internet?
Most parents are already attuned to risks on the web like […]

Guide to implementing family skills training programmes for drug abuse prevention.

UN-commissioned guidance from international experts on how to mount prevention programmes based on family skills training involving parents and children in a joint effort to improve family dynamics and child development. Engaging parents seems the major barrier.

Abstract
This review and guidance […]

A Fairy Story

Once upon a time there were places in the world where children were not mini adults. Little boys wore short trousers and climbed trees and made camps. Little girls played with dolls and wore frilly dresses. Children went to school […]

Big Tobacco Still Targetting Kids

Parents – did you know that if you can encourage your children not to smoke you will be helping them to remain drug-free ?Research shows that only 2% of non-smokers use illegal drugs compared to 56% of smokers. Cigarette companies […]

Five Moms Campaign

As a D.A.R.E. officer and a school resource officer in Reno County, Kansas, I am out every day in my community—particularly at schools—working to prevent substance abuse. When I heard about the Five Moms Campaign, I was inspired to raise […]

International Coalition For Drug Demand Reduction

3668 Bonita View Drive., Bonita, Ca. 91902 (619) 475 9941/475 9942 email rogermorgan339@sbcglobal.net

4/18/2009
To: President Barack ObamaThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Ave NWWashington, D.C. 20500
CC: Vice President Joe Biden
Director of The Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske

Dear Mr. President:
We, an […]

What a pity Universities and colleges in the United Kingdom don’t do this.

Youngsters under 21, often the first time away from home, often drink to excess when they are in college. This can reflect on their academic work, acceptable behaviour and sadly, too often, result in alcohol overdoses. Yet parents, (who are […]

School drug testing program cuts student drug use

At a time schools across the country are doing everything they can to fight drugs in schools, in Knoxville, Tennessee, one school has found a way. Scott County has taken a STAND against drugs.
Sarah Byrd is a senior at Scott […]

Substance-Free Dorms Get Good Grades

Parents, school administrators, and students are counted among the fans of substance-free dorms, which ban the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
The New York Times reported Nov. 6 that it is often parents who sign their kids up to […]

Urban Outfitters pulls marijuana cookbook from Mich. store

BY CECILIA OLECK Detroit Free Press

TROY, Mich. – Looking to add Trippy Krispy Treats to your holiday hors d’oeuvres list?
Until this week, you could find a recipe for the marijuana-laced sweets in a cookbook sold at the newly opened Urban […]

What teens know — that parents don’t

By Stephanie Dunnewind Seattle Times staff reporter

Parents really aren’t as dumb as many teens think, but it’s true adults may not realize how the adolescent years have changed since they were young.
So we checked books, Web sites and experts for […]

Parenting For Prevention

This page aims to help parents to help their children to remain drug-free – to say ‘no’ to drugs.
Research has shown that about 50% of young people have tried illegal drugs – but, less than 20% go on to use […]

Parenting with Attitude

An article by Peter Stoker for Bella Magazine – August 2nd, 2009

Learning the symptoms of drug use is all very well, but let’s say you were instead concerned about promiscuity. Would it be OK to wait for a sure fire […]

Secondhand Smoke Related to Year-Round Asthma Among Kids

Children with asthma who have at least one parent who smokes are twice as likely to have asthma symptoms all year long compared with children of non-smokers, according to researchers from the University of Michigan (U-M) Health System.The involved in-depth […]

Mothers Against Methamphetamine

An Alabama doctor who lost a brother to methamphetamine addiction has formed a support group called “After he died, I started looking into it as a physician, as a scientist”, said Dr. Mary Holley, an obstetrician in Albertville. “What is […]

Parent Resources to Prevent Summertime Teen Marijuana Use

According to a new report, more teens first try marijuana in June and July than any other months of the year. To help parents prevent their teen from using marijuana this summer, the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s (ONDCP) […]

(Compressed Air) DUST OFF – WARNING

First I’m going to tell you a little about me and my family. My name is Jeff. I am a Police Officer for a city in the USA which is known nationwide for its crime rate. We have a lot […]

Drug Education in Schools.

Geraldine Silverman,ChairmanMillburn Municipal Alliance for Drug AwarenessNJ Federation for Drug Free CommunitiesLife Member of the New Jersey PTA’s23 Audubon CourtShort Hills, NJ 07078-1812 1-973-376-8927

July 18,2005
Ms. Anna Weselak, President, National PTA541 North Fairbanks Court, Suite 1300Chicago, Illinois 60611-3396
Dear President Weselak:
I am […]

Free Drug Testing Kits for UK Schools

The first step in a drive to make free drug testing kits available to all UK schools and parents is now under way.
A UK supplier of home testing kits, Preventx, are giving thousands of their products to schools across the […]

Family Matters! How Parents Can Help Children Remain Substance Free

Substance abuse or addiction is never about one person. Anyone who has watched a family member struggle with abuse or addiction knows how painful and disruptive it can be to the entire family. It can send shock waves that extend […]

Police concerned about date rape drug

A date rape drug – GHB – is reportedly being used in the North Rand area.
Superintendent Eugene Opperman, police spokesperson for the area, said: “It’s a mixture of stuff… that when put into a drink causes sedation and amnesia.”
At the […]

Parents backing for random drug tests in schools

SCOTS parents want teenagers to be given random drug tests in schools, according to new research.
More than three quarters (78%) of Scottish parents said they would support the move in a bid to stamp out the growing use of drugs […]

Parents to sue Alcohol Company

Five class-action lawsuits have been filed nationally that accuse the alcohol industry of marketing to underage drinkers. Lynne and Reed Goodwin are the lead plaintiffs in a case filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Miller and Anheuser-Busch; their […]

PARENTS A Natural Preventive Against Drugs -The Dutch Experience

Author: Renee Besseling
In 1982, the grocery store on the corner of my street in Amsterdam was replaced by a “coffee shop’ For me, a mother of two young children, this was reason enough to delve into the matter of drugs. […]

Alcoholism Influenced by Genetics

In a study involving twins, researchers found that addiction to alcohol is often influenced by genetics as well as family environment. For the study, researchers from Palo Alto Veterans – Affairs Health Care System in Menlo Park, Ariz., interviewed 1,213 […]

Residential Treatment Improves Parental Behaviour

A study issued by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSAs) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) this month found that drug-and alcohol-dependent women who are pregnant or have children significantly reduce their alcohol or drug use as […]

Smoking, pregnancy and poverty

A Queensland University study of 5000 pregnant women has found a correlation between smoking and poverty. The three year study measured smoking against income levels, with the lowest earners defined as those who attract an income of $4,144 a year […]

Smoking and Pregnancy – Second hand smoke increases the risk of SIDS and asthma

A UK report draws attention to the dangers of passive smoking for young children. Mothers who smoke double the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (cot death) (odds ratio 2.08) and if both parents smoke the odds ratio rises to […]

Exposure to Marijuana in Womb May Harm Brain

Mon Mar 24, 5:33 PM
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A new study in rats suggests that prenatal exposure to marijuana may affect offsprings’ behavior and memory, Italian researchers announced Monday.
The findings reaffirm advice for pregnant women and lactating women to […]

Carcinogens Found in Infant Children of Smokers

Research Summary

Researchers have found that infants as young as three months old accumulate nicotine and carcinogens in their bodies when they are exposed to tobacco smoke, the Guardian reported May 12.
Authors of the study — the first to test smoke […]

Children of Smokers More Likely to Carry Pneumonia Bacteria

Children exposed to secondhand smoke at home are more likely to carry the streptococcus pneumonia bacteria in their nose and throat, according to Israeli researchers.
A study involving more than 200 children and their mothers found that 76 percent of children […]

Effects of prenatal cigarette and marijuana exposure on drug use among offspring.

The present study investigated whether maternal cigarette smoking and marijuana use during pregnancy were associated with an increased risk of initiation and daily/regular use of such substances among one hundred fifty-two 16- to 21-year-old adolescent offspring. The participants were from […]

Three Factors Behind Teen Drug Use

Boredom, stress, and the availability of extra money are three main reasons why teens use drugs, the New York Times reported Aug. 20.The annual survey of parents and children ages 12 to 17 by Columbia University’s National Center on Addiction […]

CASA Survey Underscores Need for Parents and Adult Caregivers to Ensure Kids Stay Drug Free

40.8% of paediatricians in the USA failed to diagnose illegal drug abuse when presented with a classic description of an adolescent patient with symptoms of drug abuse. The symptoms included red eyes and runny nose, frequent sore throat, headache and […]

Prevention programmes for parents: Research findings – classic early studies

A long-term study looking at the PRIDE prevention programme (for youth and parents) over five years found that there had been a continuous decrease in the use of all substances by almost all age groups. One example was that cannabis […]

Dare To Be You

DARE to be You is for families with a child aged between 2 and 5 years, with risk factors for later adolescent substance use. It is delivered by two trained preschool teachers to groups of up to 12 to 25 […]

Parents backing for random drug tests in schools

Exposure to Marijuana in Womb May Harm Brain

Carcinogens Found in Infant Children of Smokers

Research Summary
Researchers have found that infants as young as three months old accumulate nicotine and carcinogens in their bodies when they are exposed to tobacco smoke, the Guardian reported May 12.
Authors of the study — the first to test smoke […]

Children of Smokers More Likely to Carry Pneumonia Bacteria

Effects of prenatal cigarette and marijuana exposure on drug use among offspring.

What Parents Can Do

IntroductionRecent surveys show that we are making progress in our national battle against some drugs. Casual use is declining, attitudes are changing, and we know more about what works to prevent drug use by our young people. As parents, we […]

Prevention programmes for parents: Research findings – classic early studies

BTMPS in Fentanyl: What Parents Need to Know About This Emerging Chemical

You may have heard about dangerous substances mixed with fentanyl, like xylazine and medetomidine. Now there’s a new worry: BTMPS. This industrial chemical is normally used to make plastic products, but it’s been showing up in fentanyl across many cities […]

Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) reject Woke and radical leftism

by Vivek Ramaswamy <news@editor.thepostmillennial.com> 01 July 2025 14:34
THE KIDS WILL BE OK
You will never guess what’s happening with young people. ‌ Believe it or not, the younger generation is finally rejecting woke and radical leftism. You saw this during Trump’s election […]

“If We Can Get Them to Stop, They Can Have Such a Better Life”: Implementing Tobacco and Nicotine Dependence Treatment Services in Community Pharmacies in North Dakota

by Hailey M. Warner and Kelly Corr

ESSAY — Volume 22 — July 17, 2025
Although cigarette use among high school students and adults has declined since its peak in 1997, in North Dakota, nearly 1 in 3 high school students instead […]

“If We Can Get Them to Stop, They Can Have Such a Better Life”: Implementing Tobacco and Nicotine Dependence Treatment Services in Community Pharmacies in North Dakota

by Hailey M. Warner and Kelly Corr

The Surprising Truth About Addiction

OPENING STATEMENT BY NDPA and PINPOINTS:
We repeat this 2004 article by Stanton Peele as a useful position statement for us all – professionals and the lay community. Peele’s classic 1975 text ‘Addiction and Love’ (Peele and Brosky – Published: Taplinger, […]

Formative research and cultural tailoring of a substance abuse prevention program for American Indian youth

by Rachel Girarda, PATHS Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
Background: American Indian communities consistently identify adolescent substance use as a major concern. However, limited empirical work has examined how culturally specific protective factors – such as […]

Exercise in Addiction Recovery: How Physical Activity Transforms Lives

From Shane Varcoe – Published: 04 August 2025

Physical activity emerges as a powerful ally in exercise addiction recovery, offering hope and healing for those struggling with substance dependency. Recent groundbreaking research reveals how structured exercise programmes can reshape both body […]

Substance Use and Mental Health – engaging with youth

From CDC Media Relations – August 5, 2025

The back-to-school season is a great time to engage with youth about mental health and substance use to promote their well-being throughout the academic year. To support these conversations, the Centers for Disease Control […]

Learning Theory

Perhaps the simplest explanation for tobacco’s gateway drug function involves what teenagers learn when they smoke cigarettes. According to one source, “. . .the gateway drug phenomenon is simply an example of practice conditioning, that leads to the development of […]

Parents: talk to your kids about drugs and alcohol

It seems as if every community, big or small, has been impacted by the problems associated with substance use and drug overdose. Within communities, these problems can extend into the family unit, with people often becoming addicted and dying because […]

Parents and Drugs

A search was made to assess what research has been done in the areas of parent surveys and parent programmes for drug prevention with children – most research on drug prevention education has been done in the late 1970s, early […]

Parents’ concerns, attitudes, and needs

Parents play a key role in their children’s education and social development and therefore can be influential in educating their children about drugs. Despite this, there has been little research done to date that explores parents’ perceptions. This paper reports […]

The Top Seven of Teen Substance Use Trends Parents Need to Know in 2025

by Pat Aussem, L.P.C., M.A.C., Vice President, Consumer Clinical Content Development – June 2025

Personalized support for addressing your child’s substance use or addiction
(available in English and Spanish)

Fentanyl poisoning & counterfeit pills
According to the CDC, deaths from fentanyl poisoning are […]

Teens Learn about the Many Risks of Vaping — Nicotine and THC Are More Potent, Addictive, and Dangerous than Ever

by Barbara A. Preston | www.themontynews.org – June 6, 2025

Montgomery Police and Health Department officials are partnering to raise awareness about the dangers of vaping and substance abuse. They sponsored a program at Montgomery High School on Friday, June 6, […]

Why We Need to Modernize Substance Use Education

These TC experts emphasize the critical need for a more proactive approach to substance use education

More than 40,000 youth used nicotine pouches last year alone, a staggering increase from 2021. The relatively new and less detectable product’s increasing prevalence among youth […]

Red Ribbon Week

RED RIBBON WEEK is Celebrated Annually October 23-31.
Red Ribbon Week highlights the importance of living a drug-free life. It presents an opportunity for parents, educators, and communities to reinforce the drug-free messages they share with their children throughout the year. […]

In Oregon, parents and teachers catalyze drug prevention in schools

Armed with knowledge and tools, parents are making a big difference in local school districts
by Emily Green February 1, 2024

Mila Priest, 8, focuses on computer playing the PAX Good Behavior Game during class at Fern Hill Elementary School in […]

Preventing bullying can prevent substance abuse

Posted Saturday, October 12, 2024

By MARIE GARCEAU
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Bullying prevention programs begin locally, with communities and the individuals within them creating safe and supportive schools, organizations, neighborhoods and family units.

While this campaign is not as recognized as much […]

Good parenting as catalyst for drug free society

The battle against substance abuse is one that spans generations and transcends borders. The prevalence of drug abuse is staggering, with far-reaching consequences that ripple through communities and societies.

According to the World Health Organisation, substance abuse claims the lives of […]

Operation Prevention – Video Challenge

Teenagers across America were invited to submit 30-60 second video public service announcements that capture their unique voice in order to communicate the opioid epidemic as a national crisis.

The second-annual video challenge is a part of a joint […]

We Haven’t Forgotten about Marijuana or Alcohol. Neither Should You

Our country is in the depths of an opioid epidemic, but a large number of calls to our Parent Helpline are from parents concerned about their son’s or daughter’s marijuana use. A timely reminder that while the landscape is constantly […]

The Opioid Epidemic Is An Historic Opportunity To Improve Both Prevention And Treatment

By Robert DuPont

The current narrative describing the national opioid epidemic as the result of overprescribing opioid pain medicines fails to capture the full dimensions of the problem and leads to inadequate and even confounding solutions. Overlooked is the fact that […]

Reducing Future Rates Of Adult Addiction Must Begin With Youth Prevention

The United States is confronting a public health crisis of rising adult drug addiction, most visibly documented by an unprecedented number of opioid overdose deaths. Most of these overdose deaths are not from the use of a single substance – […]

PREVENTION – GETTING AHEAD OF THE GAME

Prevention, the word and meaning, comes from the Latin “praevenire” which means “to come before”. In other words, to act pre-the event – not during it or after it. Any action later than pre-the event is not prevention, it is […]

Over 100 Child Abuse Deaths Found Related to Cannabis, with Rise of Commercial Industry

As articles in popular magazines portray cannabis as the “it” drug, parents are being led to believe that a serving of marijuana is no more dangerous than a glass of beer or wine.”

— Dr. Ken Finn

WASHINGTON, DC, US, April 23, […]

Cannabis Conundrum

Cannabis ConundrumEd Sheeran Has Quit Smoking Marijuana January 15, 2019Ed Sheeran has quit smoking marijuana because he prefers to be “alert”. The singer, who wrote song Sweet Mary Jane about his love of the drug in 2015, has now […]

How Iceland’s Planet Youth Program Curbed Teen Drinking, Drug Use

The program focuses on giving Icelandic youth “better options” than drugs and alcohol.
In 1999, a study following the long-term impact of D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) concluded that the popular anti-drug program did little to prevent American youth from experimenting with drugs and […]

Sunny’s Story, a Drug Prevention Book for Elementary, Middle and High School Students

Sunny’s Story, a drug prevention book for elementary, middle and high school students, tells a tragic tale of the loss of a young boys life to drugs, narrated through the eyes and ears of the family beagle.

The family dog and […]

8 Steps to Help your chld say “No” to Drugs

1. Talk with your child about alcohol and other drugs.
2. Really listen to your child
3. Praise often; if need to, criticize the action not the child.
4. Help your child with peer pressure. Teach how to resist.
5. Make family rules […]

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NEWS

Statewide billboard campaign to tackle drug abuse problem
San Francisco Chronicle
Officials say association members are donating about 200 digital, poster, and bulletin billboards with the messages: “Start Talking!” and “#677 for Impaired Drivers.” Start Talking! is Ohio’s drug prevention program […]

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Weighing costs of drug abuse prevention vs. treatment
Youngstown Vindicator
At recent local forums on the opioid epidemic, members of the public submitted questions they wanted the local media to answer in its reporting. One question was: What are the costs […]

Promoting Illicit Drug Prevention Initiatives Nationally

Promoting Illicit Drug Prevention Initiatives Nationally

Attention: Pamela McColl, SAM Canada.

On behalf of the Board, Drug Free Australia we write in support of your effort to prevent the legalization of cannabis in Canada.

Drug Free Australia has a strong position against the […]

Marijuana Accountability Coalition Holds Open Press Event to Release New Data on the Harms of Marijuana Commercialization in Colorado

(February 22, 2018 – Denver, CO) – The Marijuana Accountability Coalition (MAC), along with Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), launched a new report today examining marijuana legalization in Colorado, joining Colorado Christian University and the Centennial Institute in an open press event. SAM honorary […]

Hidden in Plain Sight exhibit enlightens parents on where teens hide drugs

By: Marc Mullins

MADISON COUNTY, Ind. – Parents in Madison County are learning where teens may hide drugs, thanks to a mobile exhibit.

A trailer exhibit called Hidden in Plain Sight is ran by […]

Weighing costs of drug abuse prevention vs. treatment

At recent local forums on the opioid epidemic, members of the public submitted questions they wanted the local media to answer in its reporting.

One question was: What are the costs of addiction vs. the costs of preventing it?

The consensus among […]

I’M LIVING PROOF THAT MARIJUANA IS A GATEWAY DRUG

by Steve I am 66 now and nothing to show for what I’ve done in my life because of marijuana. I started smoking it at age 18 while going to college. This was during the Viet Nam War era and our […]

Effective Prevention Methods are Ready for Implementation

Both experience and research has proven that drug addiction and other drug-related problems are both preventable and treatable. Prevention is effective, humane, cost-effective, and empowering. Prevention solves problems before they ever occur. And prevention reduces other social problems and should […]

A DECADE IN PREVENTION

There are risk factors and protective factors that can contribute to drug and alcohol use and other risky behaviors for youth. Prevention works to decrease the risk factors and strengthen the protective factors. Risk factors are influences in a young […]

Innovative Peer-to-Peer Drug Prevention Initiative Shows Promising Results with High School Students

As the U.S. is facing its most challenging drug epidemic in history, the need to prevent adolescence drug misuse is imperative. For the past two years, Mentor Foundation USA and George Washington University have piloted an innovative drug prevention peer-to-peer […]

An article from the USA where drug use is increasing amongst young people. Parents need to read this about Florida and work to prevent the same thing happening anywhere else.

BRUCE GRANT: DON’T UNDERMINE DRUG PREVENTION

For over a decade, activists and big-money lobbyists have worked to make marijuana legal. In so doing, they have wreaked havoc on community efforts to reduce drug use, abuse and addiction. Their pro-drug messages contradict […]

“DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION – The Role of the Schools”

These excerpts from 1986 should be read by anyone interested in the current drugs situation. Nancy Starr is still working in Drug Prevention and is a real expert.

Some of the ‘drug education’ used in UK schools today is […]

For Kids

If you are offered marijuana, think about:

1) The person who is giving it to you. Does this person really care about you? Can you trust this person with your life, if you have a panic attack […]

’KNOW THE TRUTH:’ A FIRST STEP ON THE PATH TO PREVENTION

For the second year in a row, “Know the Truth,” the prevention program of Minnesota Adult and Teen Challenge in the Twin Cities, brought its message about drug and alcohol use and abuse to Hudson — both to students and […]

PREVENTION WEBSITES

ACT NOW, Sweden
www.ActNow.nu

ALASKA
www.bigmarijuanabigmistake.org

CASA (Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse)
http://www.casacolumbia.org/

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CESAR)
http://www.cesar.umd.edu/

Cool Youth anti-drug website
Home

Courage to Speak Foundation (CT)
http://www.couragetospeak.com

D.A.R.E. America
http://www.dare-america.com/home/default.asp

DEA , Just Think Twice – Street smart prevention **
www.justthinktwice.com

Doctors For […]

COMMUNITY TASK FORCE LOOKS TO PREVENTION, targets teens and parents

Dr. Philip Bolduc, a family medicine physician and director of the addiction treatment program at Family Health Center in Worcester, said if we’re ever to stem the tide of opiate addiction, we have to start with prevention among teenagers.

“No one […]

3 Ways to Address Teenage Motivation to Drink that Don’t Involve Scare Tactics

When someone – including a teenager – gets treatment for alcohol and substance abuse, it is standard practice to identify some of the reasons why they started using and the benefits they feel they get from these substances. This helps […]

More Effort Needs To Be On Drug Prevention, Not Cure

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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced that it is ending the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (NREPP) and replacing it with an as-yet undefined effort to be administered by SAMHSA’s newly created […]

Grandparents: What role can they play in preventing alcohol and other drug use?

Increasingly I am seeing more grandparents attend my Parent Information Evenings. Some are now their grandchild’s primary caregiver and are really struggling to deal with adolescent behaviour, coming to the talk looking for any tips that may assist them to […]

More Effort Needs To Be On Drug Prevention, Not Cure

PREVENTION DOES NOT START WHEN THE ABUSE IS ALREADY A FACT

Prevention starts before it becomes a reality!

Survey results show that we still have a long way to go in our efforts to prevent cannabis use and avoid the toll it can take on a young person’s life. Parents have an […]

YOUTH VIDEO AGAINST DRUGS

In Florida, USA, the pro legalisation groups are hoping to win a referendum vote in the Autumn (2014) which would legalise cannabis in the State.

But parents, medics and prevention activists are getting the message out that pot is not harmless.

The […]

Sunny’s Story: A Drug Prevention Book How to Save a Young Life From Drugs

Sunny’s Story by Ginger Katz is narrated through the eyes, ears and mind of Sunny, the family beagle. The story tells of joyful times and sad times and how a best friend was needlessly lost to addiction.

Sunny’s Story
Written by Ginger Katz
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YOUTH VIDEO AGAINST DRUGS

NIDA: HOW TO SAY NO – ILLUSTRATED WITH PICTURES

Have a drug problem—need help?

Even when you are confident in your decision not to use drugs or alcohol, it can be hard when it’s your friend who is offering.

A lot of times, a simple “no thanks” may be enough. But […]

KNOW THE TRUTH: A FIRST STEP ON THE PATH TO PREVENTION

“DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION – The Role of the Schools”

DON’T UNDERMINE DRUG PREVENTION

An article from the USA where drug use is increasing amongst young people.
Parents need to read this about Florida and work to prevent the same thing happening anywhere else.

For over a decade, activists and big-money lobbyists have worked to make […]

A DECADE IN PREVENTION

This article from a drug prevention worker in the USA emphasises what contributes to helping young people from choosing to use drug.

There are risk factors and protective factors that can contribute to drug and alcohol use and other risky behaviors […]

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