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SAMHSA/NCADI Newsline Report
For the Week of September 25, 2006
"Parental Disapproval of Illicit-Drug Use Matters to Youth"
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(BEARD OPEN):
Results from the latest "National
Survey on Drug Use and Health" show youth do care what their
parents think about illicit-drug use. The survey--conducted annually
by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration--SAMHSA--found that marijuana use was much
less prevalent among youth who perceived strong parental disapproval for
trying marijuana or hashish once or twice, than for those who did not.
John Walters--director of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy--explains...
(WALTERS):
"Parents matter:
More than 90-percent of youth report that their parents would strongly
disapprove of their trying marijuana. Youth whose parents--[as] they
reported--strongly disapprove of marijuana were five-times less likely to be
current users, than youth who did not perceive strong parent disapproval.
You want to make your child safer today? Tell them these substances
are dangerous; tell them why; tell them why you disapprove of use."
(BEARD CLOSE):
Experts recommend parents talk
with their children, early and often, about the dangers of drug use.
For more information on what you should know, say, and do to prevent
youth drug use, visit
w-w-w-dot-"samhsa"-dot-gov. For
the "SAMHSA Newsline", I'm Bill Beard.
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Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (including the new productions
for "Recovery Month" 2004),
click
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click here.
And, for PSAs from StopAlcoholAbuse.gov,
click here.
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