This screen shot is from Parents. The Anti-Drug. What I like most about this web site is the way it both ‘teaches’ parents what text messaging is AND it explains how this new technology can be a drug-enabling-tool for teens - our war on drugs hard at work. There are no statistics to support this of course, nor is there an official statement that text messaging is a drug-enabling-tool for teens, the web site just erroneously suggests that “texting can also be a tool that teens prefer to use when sharing information about where to meet up when they don’t want to be overheard” alongside a ‘testimonial’ from ‘Amy’ stating “My cell phone was the most important tool for me to get drugs.”

Remember, its called e-monitoring not surveillance…