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These Three are Key

Posted by Informed Families on June 24, 2023 at 10:32 PM

What do Education, Prevention, and Law Enforcement have in common?

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Topics: drugs, opioids, summer, fentanyl, miami, mental health

38th Annual Informed Families Dinner at Joe’s Stone Crab

Posted by Informed Families on June 17, 2023 at 11:50 PM

Helping Kids Grow Up Safe, Healthy, and Drug-Free

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Topics: Joe's Stone Crab, drugs, opioids, summer, fentanyl, miami, mental health

Summertime Safety: Educating Kids on the Dangers of Substance Misuse

Posted by Informed Families on June 10, 2023 at 9:43 PM

Summertime is a season filled with joy, adventure, and the perfect opportunity for kids (and educators!) to take a break from their studies and enjoy some well-deserved fun.  However, it's crucial to acknowledge that the summer months can also present potential risks, particularly when it comes to substance misuse among children. 

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Topics: drugs, opioids, summer, fentanyl, mental health

How to Help Your Child Succeed in Life

Posted by Informed Families on May 29, 2023 at 1:30 PM

When 13-year-old Dillon Reeves noticed his Michigan school bus driver’s head drop forward and her hands fall from the steering wheel, he raced to the front of the bus, turned the wheel to avoid hitting a car at the intersection, and hit the brakes.

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Topics: marijuana, brain development, social media, drugs, opioids, myths, fentanyl

Teens, Fentanyl, and Social Media—A Lethal Combination

Posted by Informed Families on May 20, 2023 at 4:36 PM

On Valentine’s Day, 2021, 19-year-old Logan Rachwal had an argument with his girlfriend and popped what he thought was Percocet, a painkiller that he bought on the social media app Snapchat. Logan fell asleep and never woke up.

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Topics: marijuana, brain development, social media, drugs, opioids, myths, fentanyl

Shattering the Myth of Marijuana’s 'Harmlessness'

Posted by Informed Families on May 15, 2023 at 10:58 PM

These days, it seems marijuana use has become as acceptable as a glass of wine with dinner. In addition, more states have become enamored of the revenue that comes with legalizing and taxing the drug.

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Topics: marijuana, brain development, drugs, opioids, myths, fentanyl

U.S. Launches New Weapon in War on Fentanyl

Posted by Informed Families on April 30, 2023 at 10:05 PM

The tragedy of fentanyl continues killing Americans: more than 107,000 in 2021, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) figures.

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Topics: drugs, opioids, fentanyl

NY Governor Signs Red Ribbon Week Measure

Posted by Peggy B. Sapp, President & CEO on November 9, 2022 at 3:20 PM

President's Message - November 2022

I had intended my article to be about an Attitude of Gratitude, Thankfulness, and Celebration but the news media doesn’t cover any of those topics only Death, Destruction, and Debacle. Maybe that is why we have just a large drug problem we focus on the negative and forget how to Live a Healthy Life.
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Topics: President's Message, college students, teenagers, Informed Families, teens, drugs

DEA Issues Warning on ‘Rainbow’ Fentanyl

Posted by Informed Families on October 29, 2022 at 2:52 PM

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), during the 12-month period ending in April 2021 more than 100,000 Americans died from synthetic opioids. Between May and September of this year, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents around the country seized more than 10 million fentanyl pills and hundreds of pounds of powder, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced in September.

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Topics: parenting, teenagers, teens, drugs, fentanyl

Red Ribbon Week Helps to Create Herd Immunity

Posted by Peggy B. Sapp, President & CEO on October 9, 2022 at 7:00 AM

President's Message - October 2022

Red Ribbon is about creating herd or community immunity to the alcohol and drug problems America is facing.
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Topics: President's Message, teenagers, alcohol, Informed Families, teens, drugs

About Us

We teach people how to say no to drugs and how to make healthy choices. To reduce the demand for drugs, Informed Families has focused its efforts on educating and mobilizing the community, parents and young people in order to change attitudes. In this way we counteract the pressures in society that condone and promote drug and alcohol use and abuse. The organization educates thousands of families annually about how to stay drug and alcohol free through networking and a variety of programs and services .

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