The unprecedented number of young people who have died from drugs has changed some of our perceptions around this issue.
Because funding for drug education was greatly reduced in the first decade of the 21st century,parents are faced with a problem.Should we drug test our teens and pre-teens?
Trust is given and trust is earned; it goes both ways. To start off with a lack of trust is not an enlightened way to parent. We’ve resisted calls for drug testing in the past, but now it has become an important safety issue.Drug prevention policies save lives. Continue reading Should we drug test our teens?→
The narrator is Heidi Anderson-Swan, activist and author of A Night in Jail.
Industrialized THC grew out of medicalization and legalization in certain states. Certainly today’s cannabis is way more dangerous than the old-fashioned weed before commercialization.
We have a video explaining the bill that Senator Chuck Schumer introduced this morning to federally legalize marijuana.
This bill works against child welfare, public health and public safety; it ignores the science on today’s marijuana. It’s a cynical ploy to get young voters who’ve been led to believe that marijuana is harmless.
We ask our followers to write your senators and state legislators to oppose this bill, using the attached link. : https://www.votervoice.net/SAM/campaigns/96399/respond
Every Brain Matters which made the video, provides a shareable link from the Every Brain Matters Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/EveryBrainMatt/videos/778607759826803
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With many stories in the news recently, it’s an opportune time to get out the truth about marijuana in America, We must tell the public, especially parents, what legal pot is doing to our kids. Parents Opposed to Pot will be starting a podcast soon, and your donations will help our cause.
On Sunday night, NBC Nightly News reported about the teens hospitalized in Colorado for psychosis and vomiting illnesses.
A marijuana regulatory bill, HB 1317 passed in the Colorado House and then passed in the Senate by 37-0. The provisions of the bill, which go into effect next year, include the creation of a registry system and closing loopholes for teens buying medical marijuana. We hope it can put a dent in Colorado’s pot problems, although cannabis proves to be a regulation-resistant drug.
Your donation will help us continue our important work, such as distributing information about testimony in the Colorado State legislature in May. At that time, some of the legislators’ children and relatives spoke about how pot legalization in 2014 affected their families. Their speeches were powerful and very moving.
Parents Opposed to Pot and our three sub-groups travel to drug prevention conferences. We need donations to continue our work.
