Bad Hair Day Takes On New Meaning With Drug Test Reported by: RNS

Wednesday, Dec 10, 2008 @12:30pm CST

 Hair today, gone to drug rehab tomorrow could become a familiar phrase thanks to a California company.

HairConfirm is offering a kit to [...]

Published August 16, 2007

WASHINGTON (AP) — Teenagers say drug problems at school are getting worse, and parents express doubts about ever making such schools drug free, a new study says. The percentage of teens who say they attend high schools with drug problems has increased from 44 percent to 61 percent since 2002, [...]

Published August 14th, 2007

Young adults who use methamphetamine could be more prone to age-related brain diseases long after they stop using the drug, according to new animal research published Tuesday. Scientists were working on the previous hypothesis that early meth abuse can cause the same symptoms as those [...]

Published By:
Partnership for a Drug Free America, 5/8/2006

There’s almost no way you can shield your kids from finding out that illegal drugs, alcohol and tobacco exist – but you can help your child reject offers to try substances.

Before you work with your child on this issue, there’s one [...]

By: Jean M. Van Booven Shook,
Regional Specialist, 4-H Youth
Jackson County, Missouri 

It is normal for teens to experience a wide variety of behaviors and moods, and this can make it difficult for parents to realize the difference between what may be normal teenage behavior and what may signal substance abuse.

Here [...]

Helping your kids may actually hurt them (Dealing with Teenage Substance Abuse)

By Linda Lewis Griffith
SanLuisObispo.com
Aug. 07, 2007

This article talks about how drug testing on a daily basis can be a great tool for dealing with teenage substance abuse testing  If parents intervene too much, children may fail to grasp that [...]