One of the wonderful things about our lives here at the Partnership is that we get to talk with smart reporters who are looking to make sense of all of the confusion that exists around teen alcohol and drug use. 

We had the good fortune last week to connect with Cathy Arnst of the Working Parents blog at BusinessWeek.  We talked about the Partnership’s view of this as an adolescent health issue and that the Partnership’s focus is sharp on providing support and useful, science-based information to parents as they strive to prevent use by their kids, help when intervention is needed, and ultimately supplying guidance for parents who have a child in need of addiction treatment or in recovery and transitioning back into the family.

We’re honored to be working with some of the best and brightest scientists in our field to give parents the tools they’re asking for.  If you have not had the chance yet to check out some of these like Parent’s Guide To The Teen Brain, or Time To Act for parents who think or know their child is using, and finally Parent Toolkit, I hope you will.

Here’s a direct link to Cathy Arnst’s Q&A piece…  Working Parents:  Keeping Your Teen Off Drugs.

It was fun answering Cathy’s questions.  I’d love your thoughts and comments on this and what else we should be doing to support parents and their families?

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