Community leaders including Jerry Colangelo and Michael Bidwill are urging you to vote NO on proposition 203. Known as “medical marijuana,” Prop. 203 is really about legalizing marijuana and making it widely available to everyone, including our children. “Its passage...
Welcome and thank you for coming to DrugFreeAZ.org! We have some exciting changes to tell you about. First, our national organization The Partnership for a Drug-Free America has changed its name to The Partnership at DrugFree.org. We, here at the Partnership for a...
Teenagers today have a lot of different ways to trick parents and keep their social behavior secret from their home life. They've got their cell phones, cameras, social media that can help teens shield their drug or alcohol use from parents. That's why it's crucial...
Written by Shelly Mowrey on behalf of Kim Obert It’s the last – and most feared – thing you expect to happen: a knock on your front door with a grim-faced police officer standing on the other side. Yet that’s where I found myself the evening of September 22, 2003...
Has your teen recently landed a summer job? Many parents are proud of such a milestone in their kids’ lives, and rightly so. However, as are most things in life, it isn’t necessarily that simple; there are nuances to consider. A common psychological goal we all have,...
While cigarette use is on the decline overall among teens, a recent government survey finds that e-cigarette use among high school students tripled from 2013 to 2014. The 2014 National Youth Tobacco survey shows an increase from 4.5 percent to 13.4 percent in past 30...