Survey Says Fewer Teens Getting Substance Abuse Prevention Messages

Messages of anti-drug use are falling and hence few teens are seeing anti-drug use. There is also less teens participating in anti-drug related programs that were in place just a short time ago. Why? One thing that I can think of is Generational Forgetting. It is a term used in prevention geared at young people mostly. We forget how harmful things can be, hence lighten up on promoting anti-drug use, in this case, to our youth. Montana has done a great job with the Meth Project and locally here with Mariahs' Challenge. The article states that anti-drug aids "hit and miss", thus the drop in teens seeing ads and participating in activities. Parents are a vital part of this article in that it stress different things to look for, regarding abuse. The article did not include any other sort of facet a teen may be involved in, including peers, schools etc.

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