“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 […]
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO TALK WITH YOUR TEEN ABOUT MARIJUANA
INTRODUCTION
“When I was a kid…” doesn’t really work when talking with your kids about marijuana today. It’s a whole new ballgame. Marijuana — legal or otherwise — is a hot topic. It’s more important than ever for parents to […]
JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW THOSE WHO WANT TO LEGALISE DRUGS –
Game for Smartphones
For those who have always wanted to sell some weed, there is a free game currently climbing the iTunes charts called “Weed Firm,” which is a pot slinging simulator for smartphones that allows users to sell marijuana without […]
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 […]
When a Loved One Struggles With Addiction: Feeling YOUR Pain
“At what point do we give her a choice of going to rehab or getting kicked out of the house? She’s 23, started using at 13, and has been to treatment more than six times. I’m exhausted.”
These words came from […]
MEDICAL MARIJUANA ON THE BALLOT UNDERMINES 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 prevention messages from parents, schools […]
’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 […]
WHEN SHOULD YOU TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT ALCOHOL?
Before they turn 10, doctors say
Having the “booze talk” with kids before they take their first sip of alcohol is crucial, according to a report released Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
That moment comes earlier than adults might expect, […]
OUR CHILDREN ARE SURROUNDED BY BOOKS
Hundreds of thousands of American youth are following marijuana-related Twitter accounts and getting pro-pot messages several times each day, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found.
The tweets are cause for concern, they said, because young […]
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 […]
“You never can trust your baby sitters if you’re not alert about drugs.”
The following are excerpts from a talk given by Dr. Marsha Keith Schuchard, a parent and University of Texas Professor of English, on the topic of drug use in society, and particularly marijuana, and the need for parents to participate […]
Signs and symptoms of drug use
The Alternative List
Whilst it is important for parents and teachers to be aware of the physical symptoms of drug use it is also important to recognise some other signs that might perhaps be less obvious – particularly as some of […]
SURVEY FINDS MOST TEENS DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL
Submitted by Paulina Skladanowska on 25th October 2013 – 10:01
Encouraging news from the US. A new survey of 695 students finds that more that 3 out of 4 teens say they do not drink alcohol.
Top reasons why teens said they […]
THE MOST POPULAR ALCOHOL BRANDS AMONG US YOUTH
THE MOST POPULAR ALCOHOL BRANDS AMONG US YOUTH are the ones most often featured in advertisements in teenage magazines, according to a new study.
Their ads are found to be five to nine times more likely to appear in those magazines. […]
Thousands of North-East children hospitalised for drink and drug abuse
AN addiction treatment organisation is considering offering its services to children under the age of 16 as new figures show thousands of youngsters in the North-East are being admitted to hospital for drink and drug abuse.
A new report from Public […]
Why do teens try alcohol?
There is no single reason why teenagers use drugs or alcohol. But here are some of the core issues and influences behind the behaviour of teenage drug and alcohol use.
It’s important that you, as a parent, understand these reasons and […]
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 […]
THE MARIJUANA EMPEROR WEARS NO CLOTHES
By Cannabis Activist
Like everyone else, the Marijuana Emperor duped me into becoming a participant in the “medical” marijuana industry sham. When I woke up, people ignored or discounted my revelations. My name for this last section is a play […]
