Children are often the silent victims of drug abuse.
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I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything to do.
This was a result of a number of factors, but we do know that the messages kids get about the harms of drugs has a significant impact on their decision on whether or not to use.
We know that if we can prevent kids from trying drugs in their teenage years, we dramatically reduce the likelihood that they will go on to have problems later in life.
Parents are key when it comes to keeping kids off drugs. Good parenting is the best anti-drug we have.
When I moved to Seattle, I was hanging out with kids who had done drugs, had sex a million times. I look at them now and realize their childhood was taken away.
Children are very addicting. Once they start growing up, you miss when they were little.
Educating young people about the harms of drugs is essential.
If you're interested in how people behave, if you're interested in the way they talk about themselves, the way the conceive of themselves, it's very hard to ignore drugs nowadays, because that is so much part of the conversation.
Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.
Research shows that parents are the single biggest influence on children - if you are worried about your teen and drugs, talk to them.
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