Alcohol and Drugs Articles

• TALKING TO PARENTS AND TEENS: Should We Lower the Drinking Age?

  Should the legal drinking age be lowered to 18? You‘ll be surprised at the responses of our parents, teens, and expert on this crucial issue.

• Book Excerpt:
  Reality Gap: Alcohol, Drugs, and Sex — What Parents Don’t Know and Teens Aren’t Telling

  What Parents Don't Know and Teens Aren't Telling. The Chairman and CEO of SADD offers practical, common sense advice on opening lines of communication with your teens around substance use and abuse.
  

• BOOK EXCERPT:
  Raising Drug-Free Kids -
  100 Tips for Parents

  If you are a parent worried about how to protect your child from drugs, you are not alone. In an excerpt from her new book, Aletha Solter, Ph.D., offers tips for parents on how to prevent substance abuse.

• Expert Answers: from Stephen Wallace, M.S. Ed.

  Stephen Wallace, Chairman and CEO of Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), answers your questions about ways to deal with your teens' problems with smoking, drinking, and drugs.
  

• The New Highs: The Drugs Teens Are Taking Now and What You Can Do About It

  Teens are stealing from their parents’ medicine cabinets and using household products and legal substances to get high. The dangers, however, are as significant as those associated with marijuana and alcohol. Find out what you have to do to detect the problem and handle it fast.

• TEEN'S EYE VIEW: Getting Straight and Sober

  Sharon left college at 18, when she realized her marijuana use was out of control. This is her story, as told to Heather E. Schwartz.

• Smoking May Cause Teen Depression

  A new study suggests that smoking may promote teen depression.

• The Battle Against Binge Drinking

  Underage drinking is illegal no matter how much alcohol is consumed. But binging, or drinking 5 or more servings of alcohol in one sitting, is a high-risk behavior. Find out what parents can do to stop the binge before it starts.