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Parental Notification Policies

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  • The large majority of college students are legal adults over the age of 18. Colleges have no business calling home to mom and dad to rat out their students.
  • Colleges are supposed to help students to become responsible, successful adult citizens. Treating them like children and tattling to their parents is contrary to this important goal.
  • While Congress (wrongfully) allowed colleges to adopt parental notification policies, they didn’t mandate that schools do so. Colleges can and should make the responsible choice to treat student like the adults they are.
  • Parental notification policies can make tumultuous relationships between some parents and students even worse. Angry and overbearing parents can exacerbate students’ drug problems by getting involved.
  • Students who have serious drug or alcohol problems might be afraid to go to on-campus drug and alcohol counselors because they’re worried their parents will be called on them.

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Portugal's Innovative Drug Policies Face Austerity Threat

02/22/12 by Zara Snapp | Comments

At conferences and forums around the world, the Portugal model of drug policy is lauded by academics, politicians and service providers and highlighted as an example of effective policy-making. Ten years after decriminalizing personal use and possession of drugs and moving drug policy from being a law enforcement issue to one of public health, the results have been dramatic. The future of this policy now hangs in the balance due to austerity measures in Portugal. Without proper funding, this internationally recognized model will be distorted or discontinued.

Growing support to discuss marijuana legalization among students on the right [Video]

02/14/12 by Devon Tackels | Comments

This past week, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) drew thousands of politically active minds to Washington, DC to highlight the discourse on the right side of the aisle. Each year, CPAC draws more and more young people, students in particular, and this year there was noticeably stronger support and willingness to talk about reforming our nations’ drug policies among the those in attendance.

SSDP Welcomes SUNY-Adirondack Chapter!

02/13/12 by | Comments

SSDP welcomes our newest chapter at SUNY Adirondack! We got a chance to catch up with chapter founder, Adam DeBuque, and here is what he had to say about his involvement so far.

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