Families & Psychoactives
Stories, resources, links, and other documents on the topic of children and families in relationship to psychoactive substances.
GENERAL INFORMATION #
DIALOGS
EXCERPTS & ARTICLES
'Just Say No' -- Or 'Just Know'?, by M. Rosenbaum
A Mother's Advice About Drugs, by M. Rosenbaum
RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES #
Developmental factors in adolescent drug usersStephen Pittel et al., 1971
EXPERIENCES #
We Grow Together, by Maya
My Father Takes a Trip, by M. Rossman
Choose Asia, by Jorge
Brothers on a Journey, by k|m
What Qualifies As a Drug?, by MC
COMING OUT TO PARENTS #
OFF-SITE RESOURCES
PRIMARY RESOURCES #
SECONDARY RESOURCES #
Adolescent Drug Use/ Drug Education (Drug Policy Alliance Online Library)
What Do We Tell the Kids? (MAPS, 1997)
MDMA and Pregnancy (MAPS, 1999)
Kids & Drugs List of References (drugtext.org)
Adolescent Drug Abuse Facts and Myths (drugtext.org)
EXPERIENCES #
HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS #
Why A Youth Drug Scene? (Consumer Union Report, 1972)
ARTICLES & WRITINGS #
This Is Your Mom on Drugs, Scientific American, May 16, 2008
Reefer Dadness, Neal Pollack, Dec 8 2006
Youths and Entheogen Use - A Modern Rite of Passage?, by A. Foldes
Talking to Kids (and the World) About Drugs , by M. Lewis
Dare to Tell Your Kids the Truth, by S. Burbank
MEDIA COVERAGE #
Drug-Slang Quiz Helps Parents Help Kids (Forbes, Oct 30, 2006)
Anti-drug overdose? (LA Times, May 15, 2006)
Do You Puff, Daddy? (Salon, Jul 13, 2004)
Responses to "Do You Puff, Daddy?" (Salon, Jul 20, 2004)
When Rich Kids Go Bad (ABCNews.com, Oct 2002)
High Times Alert (Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 2002)
Psychedelics & Zen: Teach Your Children Well (Alternet, Sep 2002)
Who's High? (The Stranger, Jul 2002)
Parents, Kids Charged With Drug Possession {Bucks County Courier Times, Jun 2002)
Dope (The Stranger / Alternet, May/Jun 2002)
Parents Are Best Tool Against Child Drug Use (LA Times, May 2002)
Just Say What? Alternet, Apr 2002)
How Do You Talk About Drugs With Your Kid? [Humor] (The Stranger, Mar 2002)
What Parents Should Know About Ecstasy (Oprah Show, Sep 2001)
Curse of the Hippie Parents (Salon, Aug 2001)
We should be warning you about the evil of drugs... (Independent/UK, Jul 2001)
'Hands-on' parents can keep kids off drugs (USA Today, Feb 2001)
How the Drug War Harms, Not Helps, Kids (AlterNet, Oct 2000)
PROHIBITIONIST #
American Council for Drug Education: Facts for Parents (ACDE/Phoenix House)
American Council for Drug Education: Facts for Youth (ACDE/Phoenix House)
Parents: The Anti-Drug (ONDCP)
For Real: info for teens about cannabis (CSAP/SAMHSA)
Rethinking Rites of Passage: Substance Abuse on America's Campuses (CASA, June 1994)
OTHER RESOURCES #
Interview with Laura Huxley (1994)
Children: Our Ultimate Investment, Laura Huxley's org
NON-ENGLISH RESOURCES #
Prevention at Home: For Parents, (German, STEP Hannover)