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Taking Responsibility for America's Drug Problem

Posted by Peggy B. Sapp, President & CEO on July 11, 2023 at 4:09 PM

President's Message - July 2023

In today's interconnected world, it is evident that everything goes somewhere and is connected to everything else. 
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Topics: President's Message, marijuana, alcohol, Informed Families, alcohol use, alcohol abuse

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

Incorporating the Values of AA Into Your Everyday Life

Posted by Peggy B. Sapp, President & CEO on May 9, 2023 at 7:53 PM

President's Message - May 2023

We’ve all heard of the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 12-Step program, but often think it’s for other people, specifically alcoholics.

But I think if more of us took the values it contains to heart, we’d all be better off, both individually and as a society.
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Topics: President's Message, marijuana, alcohol, Informed Families, alcohol use, alcohol abuse

What Parents Should Know About Xylazine

Posted by Informed Families on April 16, 2023 at 10:49 PM

In the face of the recent public health alert from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which we told you about last month, U.S. lawmakers are moving to classify the dangerous animal tranquilizer xylazine as a controlled substance.

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Topics: parenting, marijuana legalization, marijuana, teenagers, teens, cannabis, Xylazine

April is Alcohol Awareness Month

Posted by Peggy B. Sapp, President & CEO on April 11, 2023 at 10:43 AM

President's Message - March 2023

When trying to teach our kids to avoid drugs and alcohol, doesn’t it
sometimes feel like we’re fighting a losing battle?
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Topics: President's Message, marijuana, alcohol, Informed Families, alcohol use, alcohol abuse

How to Be Your Child’s Cheerleader

Posted by Informed Families on April 2, 2023 at 7:34 PM

Our children face challenges of one degree or another every day of their lives. It’s part of growing up. It’s up to you to help your child persevere in the tasks they will need to accomplish throughout their lives.

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Topics: parenting, marijuana legalization, marijuana, teenagers, teens, cannabis

DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Xylazine

Posted by Informed Families on March 27, 2023 at 10:26 AM

 Important announcement from DEA! The DEA is warning the American public of a sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with Xylazine. Xylazine, also known as “Tranq,” is a powerful sedative that the FDA has approved for veterinary use.

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Topics: parenting, marijuana legalization, marijuana, teenagers, teens, cannabis

Bucking the Trend, Oklahoma Rejects Legalized Marijuana

Posted by Informed Families on March 19, 2023 at 3:55 PM

Finally, some good news in the fight for drug sanity: Earlier this month, Oklahoma voters resoundingly rejected a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana use. With nearly all the precincts reporting, the vote was 62 percent opposed and 38 percent in favor of the measure.

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Topics: parenting, marijuana legalization, marijuana, teenagers, teens, cannabis

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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