Dear Dr. T: ‘I’m late to graduate’
Dear Dr. T: I’ve been hiding a secret from all of my friends. I’m a senior, and I’m not graduating from high school this year. It’s a long story, but I didn’t pass a lot of my classes. I’m not sure how to tell my friends, and I feel like graduation is a ticking time...Colorado marijuana use climbs steadily since legalization
Two federal surveys tracking drug use rates show marijuana use continues to rise in Colorado. Monitoring the Future First, let’s look at the national Monitoring the Future study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan for the National Institute on...
Winning high school sportsmanship
When we care more about the people who are playing a sport than the scoreboard, everyone’s better for it. Take a look at this remarkable story, reported by CBS, about one Texas high school’s extraordinary efforts to demonstrate sportsmanship and concern...
Pot plagues Colorado schools
Though the hard numbers for the 2013-14 academic year aren’t in, officials with the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) say the state’s schoolsRead the book
Clearing the Haze is a guide designed to help parents determine whether their child may have a substance problem and, if so, how to begin to address it. This book includes the voices and insight of experts in substance abuse counseling, young people in recovery, and parents who have lived the nightmare of adolescent addiction.