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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

What to Do If Your Child Smokes Marijuana

Posted by Informed Families on March 12, 2023 at 3:07 PM

Today, widespread marijuana use has become an unfortunate fact of life. Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia have legalized its use, and 20 others—including Florida—have approved it for medical use. Celebrities like Bill Maher, Willie Nelson, and Woody Harrelson brag about their constant use of the drug.

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

Teaching Kids Endurance

Posted by Informed Families on February 26, 2023 at 3:38 PM

There are so many things we need to teach our kids to prepare them for a healthy, happy, productive life.

One philosopher thought endurance was the single most important life skill to teach our children:

“Endurance and to be able to endure is the first lesson a child should learn because it’s the one they will most need to know.”

—Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Topics: parenting, teenagers, teens, redribbonfridays

The Edible Marijuana Danger to Young Kids

Posted by Informed Families on February 19, 2023 at 9:23 PM

Here’s just one more reason why it’s such a bad idea to legalize marijuana: A recent report from the National Poison Data System (NPDS) found that calls to poison control centers about kids five and under accidentally consuming marijuana edibles rose from 207 in 2017 to 3,054 in 2021—a 1,375 percent increase. In 98 percent of these cases, the victims found the edibles either at home or at a friend’s house.

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Topics: parenting, teenagers, teens, redribbonfridays

Keeping Your Child Safe from Bullies

Posted by Informed Families on February 12, 2023 at 5:00 AM

According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, one in every five students reports being bullied at school. It happens to all races, sexes, income levels, and grade levels, according to the center’s findings.

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Topics: parenting, teenagers, teens, bullies, cyberbully

The 2023 National Red Ribbon Week Theme

Posted by Informed Families on January 30, 2023 at 11:43 AM

Drum roll please... introducing the 2023 National Red Ribbon Week Theme: "Be Kind to Your Mind. Live Drug-Free."™

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Topics: parenting, teenagers, teens, redribbonfridays

Helping Our Kids Take Pride in Their Accomplishments

Posted by Informed Families on January 19, 2023 at 5:45 PM

So often it seems our interactions with our children consist mainly of telling them what not to do, and what they’re doing wrong. But sometimes we need to focus on what they’re doing right. Indeed, we need to encourage them more than just sometimes.

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Topics: parenting, teenagers, teens, accomplishments

Searching for Answers on the Fentanyl Crisis

Posted by Informed Families on January 15, 2023 at 1:53 PM

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reported last month that federal authorities seized more than 379 million potentially deadly doses of fentanyl last year, enough to kill every American.

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Topics: parenting, drug, teenagers, drug abuse, study, teens, fentanyl

Study Finds Teens Missing the Message on Vaping, Tobacco

Posted by Informed Families on December 29, 2022 at 8:49 PM

In a sign that young people are not heeding the warnings about the dangers of smoking and vaping, a new study commissioned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that more than three million U.S. middle and high school students used some form of tobacco product within the previous 30 days in 2022.

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Topics: parenting, teenagers, study, teens, tobacco, vaping

The Right Way To Involve Your Child in Sports

Posted by Informed Families on December 22, 2022 at 5:32 PM

When famed soccer reporter Grant Wahl died suddenly during the World Cup earlier this month, his wife, physician Céline Gounder, told CBS News, “I want people to remember him as this kind, generous person.”

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Topics: parenting, teenagers, sports, teens, social media, Family Table Time

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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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