National Families in Action
National Families in Action was a non-profit organization that was founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 1977. Its mission is to help children succeed by empowering parents to create an academic and social environment where children thrive and are protected from substance abuse and other high-risk behaviors. In November 2021, marking 45 years, the organization announced it would cease operations in January 2022. History The organization obtained the nation's first state laws banning the sale of drug paraphernalia. It helped lead a national effort to help parents replicate Georgia's laws in other states to prevent the marketing of drugs and drug use to children. Along with the Parents Resource Institute for Drug Education (PRIDE) and the National Federation of Parents for Drug-Free Youth, it helped parents form parent drug prevention groups to protect children's health. Federal officials credit the parent movement with the two-thirds reduction in past-month drug use among adolescents (ages 12–17) and young adults (ages 18–25) that occurred between 1979, when drug use among these age groups peaked, and 1992, when their drug use fell to the lowest levels since national surveys began. During the 1980s, Sue Rusche, the organization's director, wrote a twice-weekly column on drug abuse that