Source: Washington Times Contact: Pubdate: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 McCaffrey calls on parents to fight drugs By Cheryl Wetzstein THE WASHINGTON TIMES No one is disputing that parents are society's primary ally in discouraging young people from using drugs. The "kitchen table" is "the most important weapon in fighting drugs," says retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey, the Clinton administration's antidrug director. "Parental involvement is the most reliable life preserver in a society that tosses children into a sea of drugs, alcohol and cigarettes, which floods their schools and saturates their TV, movies and music," says antidrug leader Joseph A. Califano Jr. But in a troublingly large number of homes, parents appear to have left the front lines in the war on drugs: Many baby boomers are ambivalent about marijuana use because of their own experiences with it and because they hear conflicting information about the danger it poses.