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2025

September 2025: The Power of Community in Recovery
- From Isolation to Connection: The Power of Community in Family Recovery by Marti Roveda
August 2025: Looking Back 2025
July 2025: Be in the Loop: Understand the language of emojis
- Protect Your Loved Ones by Knowing Emoji Codes by Kevin Collins
June 2025: PTSD and Marijuana Use
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Marijuana: Therapy or Risk? By Bertha Madras, PhD
May 2025: Marijuana and Mental Health
- Marijuana and Mental Health: A parent and doctor speaks out by Jackie Trueblood, MD
April 2025: Everyone can have a voice on marijuana policy
- Marijuana Broke My Son’s Brain: A North Carolina family’s journey to advocacy by Catherine and Chrismon C.
March 2025: Poison Prevention Week: Accidental marijuana poisonings, ingestion, and exposure
- It’s Only Hemp, Right? The Problem and Why Grassroots Advocacy is the Answer by Nethan Reddy
February 2025: Advocating for science-based marijuana policies in 2025
- A Mother’s Voice: My son’s journey will not be for nothing! by Kelly Turner
January 2025: A New Year
- What I Wish I Had Known: Advice from a grieving mom by Cindy Gresham

2024

December 2024: A Special Holiday Message
November 2024: The Holidays are Here! Teach your kids to be savvy about holiday treats.
- Keep the Holidays Joyful: Learn About Marijuana Edibles and Kids by Dr. Gary Kirkilas
October 2024: National Substance Use Prevention Month
- Featured Article: No More Reefer Madness: The Scientific Impacts of Youth THC Use by Laura Stack
September 2024: Recovery is Possible!
- Featured Article: Finding Purpose in Recovery by Jordan Davidson
August 2024: Changing Minds/Changing Policy
- Featured Article: Changing Minds/Changing Policy by Patrick Kenneally
July 2024: Summer Retrospective
June 2024: Victories and Actions on Marijuana Policy
- Featured article: Victories, Updates, and What YOU Can Do to Help By Jaime Zerbe
May 2024: Marijuana and Mental Health
- Featured article: Brain Health = Mental Health by Dr. Kristen Gilliland
April 2024: Grassroots Advocacy on Delta-8 and Kratom
- Featured article: Parent Power: How You Can Make a Difference on Delta-8 and Kratom! By Ellen Snelling
March 2024: PAN Families in Action in Washington, DC
February 2024: What Families Need to Know About Proposed Marijuana Rescheduling
- Featured article: Rescheduling Marijuana: What Parents Need to Know By Marcia Lee Taylor
January 2024: Why Should Families and Coalitions Keep Advocating on Marijuana?
- Featured article: Why Talk About Marijuana? By Nancy Pasquale

2023

December 2023: Message from MADD and PTA: It’s time to talk about marijuana
- Featured article: It’s Time to Talk to Your Kids, and Your Schools, About Marijuana By Susan Fisher
- We MUST Do Better to End the Carnage on Our Roadways Caused by Impaired Driving by Erica Linn, MADD
November 2023: Your Voice Matters
- Featured article: Health Risks of Marijuana Use By Alan Hopewell, Ph.D., MP, ABPP
October 2023: Why Keep Advocating?
- Featured article: The Power of Prevention and Advocacy: Lighting the Way in a Pro-Drug Culture
September 2023: National Recovery Month: Helpful Resources and Guidelines for CUD
- Featured article: The Roadmap to Recovery
August 2023: Back to School: In the Classroom and On the Road
- Featured article: Prevention Works If…
July 2023: Safe and Drug-Free Summer Strategies
- Featured article: Diving Into the One Choice 5: Prevention Framework for Parents 21st Century New Basics By Debbie Berndt, PhD
June 2023: Summer is Here – Conversations on Marijuana and Driving
- Featured article: Marijuana and Driving: The Problem and What You Can Do About It By Dr. Russ Kamer
May 2023: Marijuana and Mental Health
- Featured article: A Bird’s Eye View of the Negative Effects of Marijuana on Mental Health By Dr. Christian Thurstone
April 2023: One Year of PAN
- Featured Article: The Original Parent Movement By Sue Rusche