Mike Jackson

Drugs and alcohol are an ever-present part of youth culture. Laws and attitudes regarding marijuana are changing quickly. Even the marijuana itself is changing, and new technologies make it easier for people to conceal drugs and even use them in plain sight. Staying on top of the newest trends is more difficult than ever because news travels so fast in the information age. And a lot of these kids, who are very good at hiding their contraband, do very little to hide their lifestyle. It's in their music. It's in the logo on their hat, T-shirt or school backpack. It's right in front of our faces and we don't see it because we don't know what we're looking at. If these things matter to you - if you want to open your eyes to this culture - Jermaine Galloway is the man to see. I have been a police officer for nearly twenty years. I have been a School Resource Officer for eleven of them. I live and breathe youth culture. I mentor, speak with, interview and interrogate teens on a regular basis. But even an "expert" like me learns something new every time I attend a "You Can't Stop What You Don't Know™" presentation. Speaking on behalf of the Oregon School Resource Officers Association, Jermaine is one of the few keynotes we have had present at our annual conference multiple times. We will be inviting him back again. He and his presentation are just that good.