John Walters
John Walters
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All school districts receive funds from the federal government, through the Department of Education, to support anti-drug education efforts.
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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 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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Over the past three years there has been a 17 percent decrease in teenage drug use.
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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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You don't want to give kids an idea that they might not have thought of.
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Some of these pro-drug messages come from popular culture.
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It has become much more difficult to smuggle dangerous substances across our borders over the past three years, and this is creating real problems for drug traffickers.
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To work to make the lives or others better is the most rewarding work of all.
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We need to educate Americans about the real harms of marijuana if we want to sustain the gains we've made over the past three years.
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We all have an interest in making sure teens grow up healthy and drug-free.
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There are now more teens going into treatment for marijuana dependency than for all other drugs combined.
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Teen drug use went up dramatically in the 1990s.