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Act 53
This article discusses a Pennsylvania law to help parents with teenage alcohol and drug abusers who are not willing to seek or accept help for their substance abuse problem.

Avoiding Unwanted Teenage Parties in Your Home
This article discusses a new resource for preventing unwanted parties.

POTADA (Parents of Teenage Alcoholics and Drug Abusers
This article discusses an organization whose focus is to help parents of teens who are experiencing problems around their use of alcohol and other drugs.

Teenage Drinking--You Can't Afford It
A local attorney discusses the legal ramifications to parents whose under 21 child is caught drinking.


Recommended Books and Pamphlets on Drug and Alcohol Prevention and Intervention

Alcohol Is a Drug, Too: What Happens to Kids When We're Afraid to Say No by David J. Wilmus, Minneapolis: Johnson Institute.

Choices & Consequences: What to do when a Teenager Uses Alcohol/Drugs by Dick Schaefer, Minneapolis: Johnson Institute.

Cultures of Change: Recovery and Relapse Prevention for Dually Diagnosed and Addicted Adolescents by Janice E. Gabe, Indianapolis: Professional Resource Publications.

Getting Tough on Gateway Drugs: A Guide for the Family by R. L. Dupont, Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Press, Inc.

Keeping Kids Drug Free: D.A.R.E. Official Parent's Guide by Glenn Levant, San Diego: Laurel Glen Publishers.

Parenting for Prevention - How to Raise a Child to Say No to Alcohol and Other Drugs by David J. Wilmes, Minneapolis: Johnson Institute.

Readers Digest family guide - How to raise drug free kids. Pamphlet. Call US Department of Education for free booklet 1-800-624-0100

Saying No Is Not Enough by Robert Schwebel, Ph.D., New York: Newmarket Press.

Understanding Drugs of Abuse: The Processes of Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery, Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Press, Inc.


Web Resources

MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Driving

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
Information About Drugs and Annual Surveys

National Institute on Drug Abuse / Health - Mind Over Matter
Lessons for ages 5-9

National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

New York Times Anti-Drug Education Program

Parents - The Anti Drug

Partnership of a Drug-Free America

PTA - Parent Teacher Association