The Partnership for a Drug-Free Texas

The Partnership at Drugfree.org’s Steve Pasierb appeared on the TODAY Show this morning discussing the deadly risks of teenage inhalant abuse and how we can safeguard our kids.

A new national survey from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration report finds that they’re using inhalants more than marijuana, hallucinogens and cocaine combined. Some young people are sniffing — inhaling — a wide variety of products to get high. Inhalants are legal, cheap and everywhere. They can easily… continue reading »

Suspect your kid is using drugs? Carrie Kulinski, the Janesville School District’s coordinator of drug programs and a longtime drug-abuse counselor, recommends a four-step approach.

The first thing to do is get educated, Kulinski said.

Maybe your clue is an empty pill bottle or a paper bag with rags in it in his room. Maybe it’s a smoking pipe on the floor of her car. If you don’t know what those things mean or the dangers involved, find out. See the list of resources accompanying this article.

The Alliance for Consumer Education (ACE) is launching a new public service announcement campaign to support its www.inhalant.org website, and its ongoing efforts to reach out to parents and children about inhalant abuse. The PSA(s) feature the story of Allison Fogarty, whose episode of the A&E Television Series “Intervention” remains one of the most watched and controversial in the program’s history. With the help of her family, her mother Nancy and her sister Sue, Allison was able to overcome a life-threatening addiction to inhalants.