FOCUS ON PARENTS

For Parents and Other Caregivers

Short Reports and Resources for Adults who Need Help Combating Substance Abuse in Children and Teens

Also from PDFA: Survey data from the Partnership for a Drug Free America reveals that fewer parents are talking to youth about drugs and alcohol; more parents view prescription and over-the-counter medications as less harmful than street drugs.

Expanding Treatment Options for Drug-Abusing Adolescents Using Brief Intervention

The use of Brief Intervention (BI) offers a new alternative treatment for substance-abusing adolescents.
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New! CD Rom Training on Brief Intervention for Youth

RESOURCES

Partnership for a Drug Free America: provides a wealth of information for parents and teens, including where to turn when help is needed.

National Families in Action: provides prevention resources for parents including Parent Corps, a White House project to teach parents how to keep children drug-free.

Youth Drug Abuse: ONDCP launches ad campaign to combat non-medical use of prescription drugs by teenagers.

Adolescent Brain Development:
Short report discusses still-developing brain segments, implications for drug effects on teens.

Drugs on the Internet

Increasing concern over teenage access to dangerous drugs from Internet pharmacies prompts U.S. Senate Committee hearings. TRI’s A. Thomas McLellan, Ph.D. presents documented evidence of the problem, exhorting policy makers to use non-traditional means to confront it. View media clip or read McLellan statement.

For Parents: White House Reports Trend Toward Teen-age Use of Prescription Drugs.

New from Partnership for a Drug Free America! Teens Abusing Rx and OTC Medications to Get High. Read story

From SAMHSA: Study finds link between depression and first use of drugs or alcohol.