Welcome to the TheStutmanGroup.com     I am a former Special Agent of 25 years with the U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration. My last six years with the DEA I headed the New York Office, DEA's largest. In all of my experience I have learned three absolute facts, which many Americans fail to understand. First, law enforcement will never make drugs completely unavailable in the U. S. Second, most adults know almost nothing about the world of kids and drugs (how many of us know what Special K and Roofies are?). And third, drugs are devastating our communities, homes and workplaces, and we fail to deal with this in a way that will make any substantial change. On the horror of 9/11/01, over 3000 people died due to terrorist attacks and we have elaborate and hopeful plans of preventing such an attack again. Yet almost 2000 Americans die every month because of the effects of illicit drug use, and most families have no plan in place as to how to deal with the problem. Instead, they use "Not My Kid" as a defense. Most school systems are doing less then they were in 1985 because they will tell you they don't have the time or money to deal with this "parenting" problem. Most businesses, while they think they are dealing with the problem of "substance abuse in the workplace," spend money on programs that rarely make a difference (pre-employment testing), and leave themselves wide open to major suits due to the use of alcohol at company functions, entertaining clients, etc., without doing even the simplest things to protect their assets. When I meet with parent groups, workplace related groups or schoolchildren, I try to present in a practical, no-nonsense manner, the issues they each face; as well as, share thoughts on how to cope and potentially resolve this devastating and debilitating problem in the U. S. Please explore further and see the programs we offer, in addition to what other folks like you have said about our approach. Robert Stutman