We believe parents should know at least as much about illegal drugs as their children. You need to be alert.

• Why We Need to Modernize Substance Use Education
• Red Ribbon Week
• Preventing bullying can prevent substance abuse
• In Oregon, parents and teachers catalyze drug prevention in schools
• Mothers of Fentanyl victims campaign for awareness
• Parents: talk to your kids about drugs and alcohol
• More than 321,000 U.S. children lost a parent to drug overdose from 2011 to 2021
• Unlocking the Truth: The Hidden Risks of Melatonin Gummies for Children
• Good parenting as catalyst for drug free society
• Every father should speak to their kids about drugs and alcohol
• Stress Main Factor Driving Teens to Abuse Drugs, Alcohol
• Nurturing Healthy Choices in Young Minds
• I’ve Tried Everything to Help My Child’s Addiction. Now What?
• Marijuana: What Parents Need to Know Today
• I Was Biting Glass and Biting My Way Out of Delirium
• Non-authoritative parents and impact on drug use: the perception of adolescent children.
• Parent and peer pathways linking childhood experiences of abuse with marijuana use in adolescence and adulthood.
• Best Parenting Strategies for Kids with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Parents should be wary of marijuana legalization
• Coalitions in Action: Thinking Outside the Box in Rural Indiana
• Being an addict’s mom: ‘It’s just a very, very sad place’
•  A randomized pilot study of the Engaging Moms Program for family drug court. 
• Examining the relationship between marijuana use, medical marijuana dispensaries, and abusive and neglectful parenting.
• Advocacy Group: Commercialization Of Legal Pot Has Led To ‘Epidemic’ For Colorado Kids
• So called ‘medical marijuana’, Charlotte’s Web and Epileptic Seizures
• The Medical Minute: Nicotine Poisoning Can Prove Fatal in Children
• New drug initiative in Lee County
• Revealed, what smoking does to an unborn baby: Remarkable images of foetus holding its face show how babies exposed to cigarettes may have delayed development
• IT’S MAGIC: PREVENT SUBSTANCE USE PROBLEMS WITHOUT MENTIONING DRUGS
• ‘I will never get my childhood back’: Four people talk about life with an alcoholic parent
• Animal Study Suggests Marijuana May Affect Future Offspring’s Susceptibility to Heroin
• Children admitted to hospital because of alcohol use in NSW
• Why pregnancy and pot don’t – and shouldn’t – mix
• Children three years old and younger tested positive for cocaine and marijuana.
• Survey Finds 17% of High School Students Abuse Substances During School Day
• Teen Seizures And Deaths Linked To Dangerous Designer Drug “N-Bomb” –
• Molly – Why You Should Be Worried About This New Drug
• Over a thousand CHILDREN arrested for drug dealing – some as young as 12
• Parental disapproval contributes to racial, ethnic differences in prescription drug misuse by teens
• Heroin Epidemic: A Mother’s Plea To Parents
• Can Faith Rewire an Addict’s Brain?
• Parents given lowdown on a variety of drugs that threaten children
• Drugs for Sale on the Internet
• A tipple at dinner ‘could turn children into binge drinkers’
• Don’t let Colorado’s pot experiment draw in teens
• The perils of legalized pot
• NIDA Releases New Guide on Treating Teen Substance Abuse
• Weed – Been there. Done That
• Cannabis Killed My Son
• Teens in child welfare system show higher drug abuse rate
• Prescription drug abuse hits newborn babies hard
• Can teenage drinking lead to alcoholism?
• Prevention Connection: Marijuana is Now a Social Experiment
• Marijuana Use in Adolescence, But Not Adulthood, Linked to Permanent Brain Damage
• Don’t Expect to Learn Anything True about Marijuana From Internet Commenters
• Study: Kindergarten behavior can predict later drug abuse — but early intervention can help
• Early intervention tackles teen substance abuse
• 7 ways to protect your child
• Guiding Principles of Recovery
• A Win for Families: Urban Outfitters Halts Prescription Drug Paraphernalia Product Sales
• Good News For the Day
• Early intervention is valuable when facing drug and alcohol use
• 10-Year-Old Inundated With Pot Ads On His Cellphone
• PROSPER Prevention Programs Dramatically Cut Substance Abuse Among Teens
• Glasses made to look like pill bottles
• Marijuana is Not Harmless
• Pre-college talk between parents and teens likely to lessen college drinking
• Even a little pot use ups college dropout risk
• Marijuana use is on the increase among teens
• Students across the UK are getting high on computer cleaner in a new craze.
• Downplaying marijuana damage only hurts kids
• Kids and the pot culture
• Teen Marijuana Use: How Concerned Should We Be?
• Cypress-area teen suffers brain damage from synthetic marijuana
• New Monitoring the Future Survey Indicates Marijuana Use Is Increasing Among Teens
• WPI Alum Develops a Straw That Can Detect If Someone Slipped Date Rape Drugs in Your Drink
• Prescription Drug Abuse – Beware
• Fake Marijuana Use Is a Serious Problem for Teens
• “Weed Candy” dubbed newest street drug
• ‘The worst mistake I ever made’: a 12-year-old’s life on mephedrone
• Back To School Tip For Parents: Talk With Your Kids About Drinking And Drugs
• Middle-class children most likely to try alcohol by 12
• Men Who Smoke Before Conceiving Can Damage Fetal DNA, Study Suggests
• Legalization of Marijuana and the Impact on Children
• Teenagers are finally starting to say no to drugs and alcohol
• Prescription Drug Deaths in USA
• Best anti-drug strategy begins with education
• Reclassifying Cannabis
• When It Comes to Our Kids, Is a Little Marijuana Okay?
• Across the United States , Teenagers are Becoming Less Aware of the Dangers of Marijuana Use.
• Smoking ban ‘cuts birth problems’
• Parents and parents of friends can influence drug use
• Teens’ ‘cinnamon challenge’ is dangerous
• Adopted kids’ drug abuse risk affected by biological family
• Crystal Meth Detected In Newborns’ Hair
• Parents: Know warning signs of drug abuse
• Children of addicts ‘more likely to experience problems in adulthood’
• Crystal Meth Detected In Newborns’ Hair
• Long-term effects of a parent and student intervention on alcohol use in adolescents: a cluster randomized controlled trial.
• Supervised drinking at home can lead to alcohol problems as a teenager
• Brain Scans Show Danger of Meth Exposure During Pregnancy
• Tool May Allow Doctors to Assess Meth Impact on Babies Exposed Before Birth
• The Importance of Family Dinners VI
• Parents: Know warning signs of drug abuse
• The role of parents in preventing alcohol misuse
• Teens Now Getting High off Digital Drugs
• Parents: Know warning signs of drug abuse
• Teens Who Drink With Parents May Still Develop Alcohol Problems
• Shocking toll … under-age boozing has soared since Labour introduced 24-hour drinking in 2005
• Today’s Parents ‘Not To Blame’ For Teenage Problem Behavior
• Guide to implementing family skills training programmes for drug abuse prevention.
• Be a WebSafe Parent – protect your kids from pro-drug web content
• Study: Parents’ Expectations Can Influence Risky Teen Behavior
• My son’s death makes me fear for her family
• The Importance of Family Dinners
• Study: Parents’ Expectations Can Influence Risky Teen Behavior
• Parental monitoring can reduce teens’ marijuana use
• Parents encourage youngsters to drink, finds Oz study
• Kids who drink with parents ‘develop alcohol problems’
• Research Shows Parenting Can Prevent Drug Use, Aid Brain Development, NIDA Chief Says
• The Impact On Children Whose Parents Are Alcoholics Or Drug Addicts
• Teens Who Drink With Parents May Still Develop Alcohol Problems
• Dinner with family helps prevent drug use
• Chapel Hill ISD Presenting Drug Prevention Program For Parents
• Drug Education
• Effective Parenting can reduce risk of substance use by adolescents.
• Teens Using Drugs to Cope with Stress, Parents Underestimating Pressures
• What a pity Universities and colleges in the United Kingdom don’t do this.
• Stopping Drug Use – Primer for Parents-
• International Coalition For Drug Demand Reduction
• Five Moms Campaign
• 11,000 children addicted to drink and drugs get help
• PRIDE Survey Shows Students with Parents who Set and Enforce Clear Rules Less Likely to Report Drug Use
• Classic Blog: Experience of a mother of two young heroin addicts
• “Drugs Don’t Discriminate”
• Smoking During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Behavioral Problems in Children –
• Family Dinners and Teen Substance Use
• Drug Use Down in USA
• Effect of Prenatal Smoking on Genes Increases Risk for Disruptive Behavior
• Predictive factors for illicit drug use among young people
• Researcher Decries Parental Permissiveness on Drinking
• Family-Based Intervention Helps Male Children of Drug Users Avoid Substance Use Disorders
• A Healthy Start: Some Parenting Practices May Protect Youth From Early Marijuana Use
• Especially for Parents
• Finding the Courage To Speak After Losing A Son
• Big Tobacco Still Targetting Kids
• A Fairy Story
• Parenting For Prevention
• Parenting With Attitude
• What teens know — that parents don’t
• Urban Outfitters pulls marijuana cookbook from Mich. store
• The Summer Activity Checklist
• Teen killer was Cannabis user
• Summer time increased use of Marijuana
• Substance-Free Dorms Get Good Grades
• National Study Reveals Drug-Experienced Parents See Less Risk
• Parents Smoke, Kids Don’t
• What’s up with that snowman T-shirt?
• Schools Discover Benefits of Student Drug Testing Programs While Avoiding Costs and Liabilities
• School drug testing program cuts student drug use
• Sale of Drug-test Kits on the Rise
• Reaching them Young…
• Parents Can Sway Teens’ Attitudes on Drugs
• Pro drug group target seniors
• Panorama programme. Cannabis: what teenagers need to know
• Out of joint
• Middle schools offer parents drug-test kits
• Alcohol Industry Influences College Drinking Program
• Congress Approves Funds to Expand Parent Corps
• Police concerned about date rape drug
• Indicators of increased likelihood of substance abuse
• Family Matters! How Parents Can Help Children Remain Substance Free
• Charities Fear Lure of TV Dope Opera
• ‘I chained up my crack addict daughter’
• Huffing, Sniffing and VSA
• Free Drug Testing Kits for UK Schools
• Family Video against smoking
• Drugged Driving as Common as Alcohol-Impaired Driving Among Teens
• Drug Education in Schools.
• Concerns have been expressed over figures suggesting that injecting drug users in Dumfries and Galloway start their habit as young as 13
• (Compressed Air) DUST OFF – WARNING
• Child of 11 on Heroin
• Cannabis ‘Candy’ would confuse Children
• The effect of parental substance abuse on young people
• Parent Resources to Prevent Summertime Teen Marijuana Use
• Mothers Against Methamphetamine
• Secondhand Smoke Related to Year-Round Asthma Among Kids
• Pot-Smoking Parents Bad Role Models
• Residential Treatment Improves Parental Behaviour
• Unsupervised Teens Do Poorly In School
• Alcoholism Influenced by Genetics
• PARENTS A Natural Preventive Against Drugs -The Dutch Experience
• Parents to sue Alcohol Company
• SNIPPETS July 2005
• Bad Habits May Run in the Family
• Parents backing for random drug tests in schools
• Family Advocacy Network (FAN)
• Dare To Be You
• Marijuana Emergencies
• Prevention programmes for parents: Research findings – classic early studies
• What Parents Can Do
• CASA Survey Underscores Need for Parents and Adult Caregivers to Ensure Kids Stay Drug Free
• Three Factors Behind Teen Drug Use
• Parents Seriously Underestimate Availability and Use of Drugs Among Their Children
• Smoke interferes with asthma
• Report Shows Parents Unaware of Children’s Ecstasy Use
• Drugs Spark Gang Violence in Vancouver
• Effects of prenatal cigarette and marijuana exposure on drug use among offspring.
• Children of Smokers More Likely to Carry Pneumonia Bacteria
• Carcinogens Found in Infant Children of Smokers
• Exposure to Marijuana in Womb May Harm Brain
• Creating Lasting Connections (CLC)
• Parents and Drugs
• Smoking, pregnancy and poverty
• Smoking and Pregnancy – Second hand smoke increases the risk of SIDS and asthma
• What influences young people to take drugs?
• Involving Parents in Drugs Prevention
• Strengthening Families Program
• Parents’ concerns, attitudes, and needs
• Social Factors
• Learning Theory
• Parent Power
• Does Cocaine Used During Pregnancy Harm Developing Fetal Brain?
• Cocaine Use During Pregnancy May Affect Infant’s Brain
• More Babies Born with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Behavioural outcomes among children of alcoholics during the early and middle childhood years
• Parents ignorant of passive smoking health risks
• A Healthy Start: Some Parenting Practices May Protect Youth From Early Marijuana Use