Prescriber Education Is Key to Helping Curb Medicine Abuse
The New York Times recently published a story about Dr. Michael Anderson, who regularly prescribes A.D.H.D. medicines to low-income children – children who do not have attention deficit disorders, in...
View ArticleThe Partnership at Drugfree.org Responds to Surge in Childhood Marijuana Use...
Statement of Steve Pasierb, President and CEO New York, NY, December 19, 2012 – The University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future Study (MTF) – an annual survey on teen drug abuse tracking 8th, 10th...
View ArticleFull Report and Key Findings: The 2012 Partnership Attitude Tracking Study,...
This year’s national study data on American teens confirms that one in four teens has misused or abused a prescription (Rx) drug at least once in their lifetime – a dramatic 33 percent increase over...
View ArticleStop Urban Outfitters From Selling Products that Promote Prescription Drug Abuse
Urban Outfitters, the national retail store popular with teens, is currently selling pint glasses, flasks and shot glasses made to look like prescription pill bottles. These products make light of...
View ArticleIn The News: The 2012 Partnership Attitude Tracking Study
This year’s Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS) results, which confirmed that one in four teens has misused or abused a prescription (Rx) drug at least once in their lifetime, received extensive...
View ArticleLetter to the CEO of Urban Outfitters: Remove Products that Promote...
We recently learned that pint glasses, flasks and shot glasses made to look like prescription pill bottles are available for sale in Urban Outfitters (UO) retail locations and on urbanoutfitters.com....
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Urban Outfitters Pulls Prescription-Themed Products
Just over a month ago, we learned that Urban Outfitters, the national retail store popular with teens, was selling pint glasses, flasks and shot glasses made to look like prescription pill bottles....
View ArticleThe Partnership at Drugfree.org Announces Alliance Achievement Awards
The following Alliance Partners are being honored with this year’s Alliance Achievement Award from The Partnership at Drugfree.org. Dating back more than a decade, the Alliance Achievement Award...
View ArticleWhat Do You Say to Your Kids about Justin Bieber?
In the wake of Justin Bieber’s recent DUI arrest, reports are now surfacing that the 19-year-old pop star may have been under the influence of marijuana, beer and prescription drugs, and that he could...
View ArticleStatement from Steve Pasierb on the Death of Philip Seymour Hoffman
We are heartbroken by the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman from a reported overdose of heroin. An actor of immense talent, a father to three young children and only 46 years old, he was also one of us,...
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