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Monday, February 09, 2009

New Materials Focus on Prescription Drug and Marijuana Abuse

The 2008 Monitoring the Future report, which tracks drug use among teenagers and pre-teens, found that prescription drugs and marijuana are still common substances of abuse among young Americans. The study also reported a drop in the number of eighth graders who perceive marijuana as a dangerous drug.

As a result of this and other findings, the website Café Prevention has announced a series of new drug abuse prevention materials that are aimed at young people:
"Café Prevention is pleased to announce the arrival of new hard-hitting, creative and very affordable prevention materials designed specifically to address prescription, over-the-counter, and marijuana use by youth. These drug prevention materials provide factual and user-friendly information to help one's city, county, school, youth organization or congregation tackle these issues."
Café Prevention's updated materials can be used as part of an overall community-based program that is designed to raise awareness about the dangers of drug use.

Labels: pot, prescription_drugs

Posted By: Aspen Education Group

Comments:

Anonymous on 2/17/2009
My name is Matt i am 16 and smoked pot for about 2 years. the worst thing about weed is that it is said to be non addicting but it is.i tried for six months to quit before i was finaly able to. i realized that when i tried deleting everyones number and emial adresses but there was that one friend who i did not delete cuz i thought he would quit with me.well sadly he still smokes. when you try quitting the best way is to stop talking with anyone and everyone you smoke with or buy from. you cant even keep that one friend who you thought was done to cuz they will drag you back. also i hated being pulled away from my family and friends and thats the main reason i quit. i hope somehow my brief story helps someone else get clean