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?→
My Kids and their Friends are Dying Faster than my Friends
Everyone I know that has lost a child tells me they first used cannabis. The numbers of young people I know that have died that were friends of my children between 15 and 30, including my daughter, all began with smoking marijuana. And their numbers are greater than the number of my friends that have died and I graduated in 1962. My daughter died at 28. Continue reading How Did I Miss Those Signs?→
Over the past three years of my high school career, I have observed teen drug use and the increasing desire of my peers to take unhealthy risks for the sole purpose of partying and gaining “life experience.” I remember a point in my life where I was beyond shocked to hear of someone I knew doing pot. But, at this point I have become somewhat desensitized, because I am now aware of the sad reality, which is that everyone does it.
