Troubled Teens Resources

The fight against teen age drug abuse is not fought only by law enforcement and school officials. It is fought first by conscientious and informed parents taking a pro-active role in their school and community.

Those familiar with recent research released on the ’state of the war’ on drugs is also aware that these reports cite parents as the most critical influence in their troubled teens‘ decisions on drug use. Recent news reports also reveal that parents are not taking that role too seriously. Some think it’s just dandy for their teens to do drugs - “hey, they’ll get over it” - and some parents prefer to put their head in the sands and ignore local teen drug problems completely.

This battle can’t be fought without ongoing small community efforts such as the national non-profit,’Mothers Against Methamphetamine’ (MAMa). Unfortunately, the ostrich parents in one community had the audacity to suggest that the efforts of the local chapter of MAMa was giving the town a bad name by revealing the depth of that community’s meth problem.

“Fulghum said the nonprofit activist group, which reaches out to parents and their teens who experiment with drugs, has not been well-received by some members of the Walton County and Gwinnett sides of Loganville.

“In the beginning I was told, ‘You are giving Loganville a bad name. I can’t believe you started this organization,’” said Fulghum, who started the Loganville branch”

And now Loganville might get their wish since Filgham will be relocating and no parent has stepped forward to take her place. Don’t be the ostrich in your community. For the sake of your teen, be pre-active.