At Gobi, we try to provide a process and support for teens and their parents to learn to communicate about substance use.  Parents have an incredible ...

How are parents and schools supposed to monitor teen’s behaviour if you can smoke marijuana through your sweatshirt?

"Gray Death” is one of the scariest combinations ever seen in nearly 20 years of forensic chemistry drug analysis.

As hard as parenting a teenager is, it is nice to know you make a difference.

It’s rare that the impact of addiction is limited solely to the addict. Everyone around him or her is affected in some way. Frequently, the people w...

Since Xylaine/Xylazine is not an opiate, the drug will not respond to Narcan like one necessarily would during an overdose.

At Gobi, we see many, many families whose teens are struggling with anxiety and depression by smoking weed.  At this point, there is no credible e...

Not only were those who smoked marijuana more likely to suffer depression and suicidal thoughts, but they were also more than three times as likely to...

“Every parent of every adolescent, I would bet, at some point lies awake and worries about the mixing of alcohol and driving, whether you're worried...

What's your detective skills level as a parent? Do you know all the clues? Add power to your parenting by being informed and then intervening if you t...

Gobi’s aim is early detection and intervention in teen substance use, with the explicit goal of preventing the progression to abuse and addiction. ...

The internet is full of contradictory “studies” (often paid for by pro-marijuana groups) and this just sets up an argument with your teen. Our co...

Due to a shocking surge in teen e-cigarette use, the Food and Drug Administration will restrict sales of most flavoured e-cigarettes and pursues menth...

Our research shows there is ample evidence that young brains really are at risk. So yes, we’re out to save brains—and kids and families with them....

At Gobi, we think that individualized messages are very important because a boy smoking weed should get different messages than a girl drinking vodka....

When your child is really young, they’ll unconsciously tell you about every single bump, bruise and boo-boo. But by the time they get to their tween...

Our goal with Gobi is not to fight teens over their perception and “internet” studies. Our program offers teens the chance to rethink their appro...

Teens using drugs and alcohol is scary stuff and although we are told “talk to your teens” doing so and engaging them is a different issue.  They...

Tutti Frutti, Cotton Candy, Sour Gummy Worms, you think candy right? Sadly No. We are not talking about candies here.

Pew Research has found that 86% of teens go online every day, and we all know that if you want to speak to your teen, you text them to call you. We a...