Posted by Tony Bylsma on September 13, 2011 under Drug Abuse Prevention Education | 
I was speaking in a parent-teacher meeting and the questions that came up several times were basically this, “how can I tell if my kids is using drugs? And, “What should I look for to see if my son is on “marijuana”, “speed”, “cocaine”, “ecstasy”, on and on until I just said, “Wait a minute! How many people here suspect that their children are using illegal drugs?”
When I saw well over half of the hands go up, I changed the whole direction of the lecture.
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Posted by Tony Bylsma on August 1, 2011 under Drug Abuse Prevention Education |
A man just left my office with a plan to speak to students in chapters of his old fraternity around the nation regarding the drug problems being found in the various chapters.
He had come to me for suggestions on how to approach the administration in the fraternities home office so they would support his efforts with at least travel expenses, he is willing to do work for free, but can’t run all over the US without at least expense money.
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Posted by Tony Bylsma on March 14, 2011 under Drug Abuse Prevention Education |
Obviously, Alcohol and Marijuana are both mind altering drugs. And obviously there are people who drink once in a while and people 
who smoke once in a while. So, is there a difference? Well, yes. And the difference is not small.
When a person has a drink at a party, or a beer at a ball game or picnic, their purpose for doing that is not necessarily to get drunk. If becoming ‘high’ is the goal, they won’t stop at one. Having a glass of wine with dinner is another example. One glass of wine is more like a food than a Drug. The reason for having it is most certainly for the taste or to enhance the food.
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Posted by Tony Bylsma on March 9, 2011 under Drug Abuse Prevention Education |
Mike Starr, former bassist in the rock group Alice in Chains was found dead of unknown causes. He was 44 years old and had a history of 
addiction and drug abuse.
Recently, February 18, Starr was arrested on two felony counts of possession of 6 pills of a painkiller called Opana and 6 pills of Xanax without a legal prescription.
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Posted by Tony Bylsma on March 2, 2011 under Drug Abuse Prevention Education |
The US Drug Enforcement Administration today exercised its emergency scheduling authority to control five psychoactive ingredients used to make Spice and K-2 and a variety of other “fake pot” products currently being sold in various areas of the country.
This changes existing statutes of these drugs to schedule 1 under the US Controlled Substances Act. Schedule 1 is the most restrictive level of control and is reserved for “substances with a high potential for abuse, no accepted medical use for treatment in the United States and a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug under medical supervision.”
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I was speaking in a parent-teacher meeting and the questions that came up several times were basically this, “how can I tell if my kids is using drugs? And, “What should I look for to see if my son is on “marijuana”, “speed”, “cocaine”, “ecstasy”, on and on until I just said, “Wait a minute! How many people here suspect that their children are using illegal drugs?” 
