Risky Teen Behaviors: The 5 Biggies Parents Should Know About

Prescription drug abuse is a problem in our country. The 2007 National Study of Drug Use and Health found that 70% of people who abuse prescription pain relievers indicated they got them from friends or relatives, and the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) reports that upwards of 9 million people use prescription medication for non-medical uses.

The American Medicine Chest Challenge is a community based public health initiative, with law enforcement partnership, designed to raise awareness about the dangers of prescription drug abuse and provide a nationwide day of disposal – at a collection site or in the home – of unused, unwanted, and expired medicine that will be held on November 13, 2010 in communities across the country.

Visit www.americanmedicinechest.com for more information.

American Medicine Chest Challenge of NJ 2:51PM October 08, 2010

I have told all the children that I have had a hand in raising during my life that the job of a parent is to do his/her best to raise a responsible adult, not to raise a child. It usually gets them thinking... Which is exactly what they "should" be doing, all the time. I`d rather have any of my kids smoke cannabis than drink alcohol anyway, it won`t screw up they`re thinking as much. And I agree with Pranda of IA.

Alan of ME 12:12PM June 23, 2010

Marijuana is not a drug, just a badly labeled plant, (technically called cannabis or hemp; labled a Mexican slang word by wealthy business owners during the hight of the depression) attacked by the same big business types that you are so mad at for the recent oil spill. It's called propaganda people, and right here is a great example of it; a bias approach to trying to keep the insanity of repeating something that just isn't working. Your KIDS are still smoking pot. It is STILL easier for them to get access not only to pot, but to the medications found in their family medicine closet. Guess what? Drug dealers don't give a rat's @ss about an ID, but federally run business it would be mandatory, and buying for someone underage a crime. To tell yourself this is working , is only lieing to yourself, good job. . . keep up the good work, I guess.

Research away from the money driven industry of television. The internet if full of open minded individuals, some free of making a profit and merely providing you some well-needed advice.

check out www.thinkinggreennews.com for some thoughtful ideas.

Pranda of IA 11:09PM June 11, 2010