Stories by Marsha Rosenbaum
Marsha Rosenbaum, PhD, directs the San Francisco office of the Drug Policy Alliance. She is the author of Safety First: A Reality-Based Approach to Teens, Drugs and Drug Education.
Abstinence-only education simply doesn't work, no matter how much Sarah Palin or George Bush dream it will.
Posted on Sep 10, 2008
The ONDCP is spreading new propaganda that the pot grown in the 1960's and '70s is far weaker than today's "pot 2.0," making absurd and unsubstantiated claims of "brain damage."
Posted on Jun 23, 2007
School-based drug testing is costly, counterproductive and violates basic American values.
Posted on May 10, 2007
One mother shares the advice she offered her son on drugs before he entered high school. Eight years later, as a college graduate, he tells how successful the advice was.
Posted on Jan 13, 2007
The James Frey fiasco is not the first time accounts, descriptions or even research about drugs have been sensationalized or fabricated and proven false.
Posted on Feb 14, 2006
When it comes to random student drug testing, educators and parents should proceed with extreme caution -- it may be doing more harm than good.
Posted on Jan 19, 2006
The California Highway Patrol and the LAPD deserve credit for taking some small, positive steps toward drug policy reform.
Posted on Oct 3, 2005
When policymakers advocate rigid, abstinence-only drug and sex education programs, they put our young people in real jeopardy.
Posted on Apr 12, 2005
In communities across the country, 'social host' laws passed in an effort to stop teenage drinking are making criminals out of otherwise responsible, law-abiding parents.
Posted on Jan 19, 2005
Irma Perez's death reminds parents that they must work to keep kids alive, even if they are not completely drug free.
Posted on May 25, 2004
A mom sends this positive message about drugs to her own teenage son and to any young person thinking about experimenting.
Posted on May 7, 2004
Bush credits recent declines in illegal drug use among teenagers to random drug testing, but research tells a different story.
Posted on Mar 18, 2004
Random drug testing in schools does not deter drug use, it alienates students, deters them from participating in extracurricular programs, and erodes the trust between a parent and a child.
Posted on Jan 28, 2004
While government agencies continue to devise increasingly harsh anti-drug policies to no avail, real parents living with real teenagers are looking at pragmatic alternatives to zero tolerance.
Posted on Dec 8, 2003
If young Americans are ever to believe what our government tells them about drugs and other policy issues, we must be sure that our messages are based on sound science rather than political ideology.
Posted on Oct 3, 2003
Studies prove that zero tolerance programs and policies are not deterring drug use among kids. The time has come for a pragmatic approach to keeping kids sober.
Posted on Jun 6, 2003
DARE is turning 20 but is still years away from making a real impact.
Posted on Apr 18, 2003
The author of 'Safety First: A Reality-Based Approach to Teens, Drugs, and Drug Education' writes about the failures of the DARE program and why students need honest, science-based, comprehensive drug education.
Posted on Dec 6, 2002
This World Series felt like more than a game -- it seemed like a snapshot of political life in America. And just as we "lost" the Presidency two years ago and lost Paul Wellstone last week, we lost the Series.
Posted on Oct 29, 2002
