John Walters
John Walters
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This is the first time that we've recorded this kind of relationship between boys' and girls' drug use. In the past, boys have had higher rates of use - and significantly higher rates of use at certain times in the past.
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The suggestion is not to say too many children are being shot in their dens who are marijuana users.
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But that doesn't appear to be stopping them from using (them).
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We want to make sure we continue the decline and deal effectively with the current circumstance.
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You don't want them to choose substances of abuse as a way of dealing with stress. You want to be a good example yourself and help them learn that there are positive ways to deal with stress and growing up.
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That is an enormous gift to the country as well as an enormous gift to the state.
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We're going to have to focus on the particular, unique circumstances we're faced with girls, which is different today than it's ever been before, which has obstacles we've not faced before, but obstacles we can overcome if we do the right thing.
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In order to drive it down further, we have to deal with today's substance abuse reality, and today's reality is, girls have been using at higher rates than boys in critical areas.
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The reason we're pointing to this alarming trend is because if we're going to get girls to continue to decline in drug use effectively, we're going to have to deal with those causes, which are different.
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We need to do a better job at going after the large structures that provide marketing.
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We're not radically tearing things up because, for the first time in a couple of decades, we're having dramatic results. We want to keep the pressure on.
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We're trying to get out the word that the last 10 years of research have helped to alert us to the use of marijuana in particular is a very dangerous risk for the mental health of our young people.
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This state has been an example not only for other surrounding states but also for the nation and for the world.
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You don't want to give kids an idea that they might not have thought of.