Pubdate: Tue, 09 Sep 2003
Source: Free Lance-Star, The (VA)
Copyright: 2003 The Free Lance-Star
Contact:  http://fredericksburg.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1065

SPEND TIME WITH TEENS TO HELP KEEP THEM OFF DRUGS

Teen Time

IF YOUR POCKET'S feeling rather thin, here's an antidote: A survey of teens 
and parents released by the National Center on Addiction and Substance 
Abuse says that the most effective way to keep kids off drugs is to stay 
involved with them--keep them busy, teach them to handle stress, and don't 
give them too much money. CASA President Joseph Califano says that "parents 
and their conduct and attitudes have an enormous impact on their children." 
It's time, not money, that will help kids stay straight.
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