This article discusses the growing use of Marijuana in our aging population. Marijuana, Once Divisive, Brings Some Families Closer – NYTimes.com. I can see it happening. Whatever happens in California on the ballot next month with the legalization those of us who grew up with the Grateful Dead have experienced something that the generations before [...]
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DEA Heads First-Ever Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day – National Take-Back Initiative The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and government, community, public health, and law enforcement partners are holding a nationwide prescription drug “take-back” day. On September 25, 2010, collection sites around the country will take any expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs for safe, [...]
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Risk of marijuana’s ‘gateway effect’ overblown, new research shows. This is new information on marijuana use and teenagers, from a reliable source. Since marijuana is so prevalent, this might be good news for parents as we worry about our teens moving on to harder substances.
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With Drinking, Parent Rules Do Affect Teens’ Choices : NPR. As teenagers mature into their senior year of high school, many parents begin to feel more comfortable about letting them drink alcohol. But new research from brain scientists and parenting experts suggests loosening the reins on drinking may not be a good idea in the [...]
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Study: A Cigarette A Month Can Get A Kid Hooked : NPR. There is also an audio for this story if you follow the link. My oldest son smokes which makes me very sad. He seems to not care, I know he is addicted and I can tell that he uses it for coping with [...]
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Today I have the pleasure of meeting my youngest sons probation officer. He has been picked up twice for drinking, I have already spent two days crying about how I have gone wrong and now I have accepted that he is on his own path. As you can imagine a teen that is having trouble [...]
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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 [...]
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Now on to what is really eating at me at this time. 18 years old, for two days and I think I am going to scream. I don’t know if I am obsessing, but I feel this shift of attitude and the one event that is really getting to me is his “smoking”
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