Gretchen Burns Bergman
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Gretchen Burns Bergman is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of A New PATH (Parents for Addiction Treatment and Healing), an organization working to reduce the stigma associated with addictive illness through education and compassionate support and to advocate for therapeutic rather than punitive drug policies.

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Mother's Day: Tears and Triumphs

(0) Comments | Posted May 13, 2012 | 10:36 PM

For most women, Mother's Day is a time to honor and celebrate motherhood. The family gathers for brunch or dinner and Mom is treated to some rest, relaxation and a little extra loving care. For countless other women, it also marks a day of grieving and loss.

For mothers whose...

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Moms & Cops Partner to End Punitive Prohibitionist Drug Policies

(14) Comments | Posted February 9, 2012 | 11:07 AM

It Takes a Village to Raise a Child / It takes a Community to Restore Lives & Liberties that have been Lost to the Failed War on Drugs

There was a time in our history when parents depended on their neighborhood policeman, as well as clergy and teachers, to help...

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The Missing Chair at the Holiday Table

(7) Comments | Posted November 23, 2011 | 10:50 AM

Mothers Decry the Family Devastation Caused by the War on Drugs

The Holiday season is upon us. At this time, when the weather turns chilly and we move indoors to enjoy the warmth and safety of our homes and the closeness of family and friends, I am acutely aware of...

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Restoration Not Retribution

(8) Comments | Posted October 5, 2010 | 1:00 PM

Why would a respectable, responsible and caring group of parents want to legalize marijuana? Because we are fed up with the violence and the loss of lives and liberty caused by the war on drugs, which has become a war against our loved ones who use, struggle with, or are...

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Moms Unite to End the War on Drugs

(35) Comments | Posted April 29, 2010 | 8:00 PM

This is an appeal to mothers who have seen first hand the devastation of the drug war.

Please join together now and lead the charge to end drug prohibition, just as a previous generation of mothers did to end to alcohol Prohibition in the 1930s. Now is the time...

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