Risk of marijuana’s ‘gateway effect’ overblown, new research shows. This is new information on marijuana use and teenagers, from a reliable source too. Since pot is so prevalent, this might be good news for parents as we worry about our teens moving on to harder substances.
Would you know it if you found it in your teens possession? I would not, the first time I read about it was in our local newspaper and later a parent brought it up to me. Then I thought I need to learn more about this. Apparently the effects are similar to marijuana but more [...]
WHERE WAS THE GUARDIAN ANGEL? This may be my toughest blog post that I have written to date and it is not about me, emotionally it has hit me like a brick. There are no words to explain the sadness and tragedy that has shaken this entire community. A dear friend that I have known [...]
Medical Marijuana or legalization. Is this a marijuana of a different flavor? What is the proper and most cost effective treatment for those that abuse drugs and alcohol?
This link also came to me from my friends at Addiction and Recovery news:No One Deserves to Die by Overdose | DrugReporter | AlterNet. I wanted to share the last paragraph of the article with you: We need to accept the reality that people will always use drugs, whether legal or illegal, prescribed or sold [...]
This is where we are – When he returned home from school today, I went into his room and told him what I found point blank. I did not involve his father, I did tell him, but I just dealt with it. Then I did not say anything, silence, we must have stared at each other for five minutes, when he started to talk. He told me he was not a “pot head”, that he just started and did I “not expect to have these problems, he is in high school”. I told him what my concerns were, his grades had dropped and that is a big indicator of drug usage. I also reminded him of what we have experienced as a family with his brother and that I had reason for concern. He told me he understood.
I have had jury duty a few times in the past ten years and two of the roughly three times they have been for marijuana trials. The first was a “family guy” that was growing pot for personal medicinal purposes. That was about ten years ago and I was dismissed. Today I was questioned for [...]
Here are the facts about Heroin in our teen communities. One time a drug that only was seen in big cities is now moving into the suburbs. This report by US News and World Report clarifies information that I was startled to hear existed in my own community. From what I understand, the reason for [...]