John Walters
John Walters
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Girls have become users at rates that exceed boys or equal boys now, which never used to be the case.
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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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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 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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twice as many eighth-graders have tried marijuana today than a decade ago.
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You cannot do my job and visit people in the field and not see that faith is at the heart of what many find an important support in their recovery. No one is trying to use government funds to fund religion inappropriately, but we are not going to turn our back on programs and dimensions of programs that are obviously saving lives.
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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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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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Research tells us there are some straightforward steps parents can take not only to help prevent drug use, but to reduce risk-taking across the board.
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It is not going to be a stranger or some sinister person who offers it. It is going to be your best friend. We have to be sure to prepare them for how they are going to say no to their best friend.
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Over the past three years there has been a 17 percent decrease in teenage drug use.