As the new school year begins, we encourage you to bookmark the newly expanded Let’s Talk website for information, guidance, resources and events throughout the year. The improved site is filled with resources to help you feel confident starting, and continuing, conversations about substance use, mental health and coping, whether your child is 8 or 18. While…
When more than 100 youths, many believed to have been fueled by alcohol, took to the streets of Mill Valley after a party was ended by police earlier this month, they did not hesitate to disturb local businesses, throw cans and bottles at officers and jump on a police car. The riotous behavior of these…
A group of Marin County High School student journalists gave a compelling presentation and an urgent call to action at our January School Law Enforcement Partnership (SLEP) about the Fentanyl crisis in Marin County. We are losing young people to tragic overdoses, and hosted a Community Meeting on Tuesday, March 29 to hear from directly…
This article was written on February 7, 2019 by MHYP who gave permission to reprint here. Just as several hundred Drake High School students headed to their annual Winter Formal dance on January 25, 2019, some students sought an alternate entertainment option — a house party. Widely publicized on social media, the teen party was…
Check out the Let’s Talk Booklet – a comprehensive toolkit for navigating teen substance use in Marin County. It addresses the risks, hyperlocal conditions, and protective factors of underage substance use – tailored toward parents of incoming sixth-graders and ninth-graders. This resource includes information on how the teenage brain works, why substance use is a…
Johnny’s Story was written on December 16, 2019 by Laura Stack who gave permission to reprint here. Laura@JohnnysAmbassadors.org Johnny Stack was born on February 7, 2000 and died by suicide on November 20, 2019 at the age of 19. He was an incredibly intelligent, funny, charming, handsome young man, which you can see in his tribute video….
Most Marin parents will tell you that it isn’t uncommon to see alcohol consumed on the sidelines at youth sporting events or at team parties. Or that they have been offered a drink while out trick-or-treating with their kids. Or they have sent their nervous teens off to their first prom while sipping wine with…
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