We must have a balanced strategy. This is a supply and demand problem. This is a problem that requires us to do a mixed number of things and to do them together to optimize results. |
We need to do a better job at going after the large structures that provide marketing. |
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. |
We want to make sure we continue the decline and deal effectively with the current circumstance. |
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. |
We're here to tell parents they are not alone. 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. We think parents and caregivers will find the information on how to monitor their kids practical and useful in their everyday lives. |
We're here to tell parents they are not alone. 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. We think parents and caregivers will find the information on how to monitor their kids practical and useful in their everyday lives. |
We're not radically tearing things up because, for the first time in a couple of decades, we're having dramatic results. We want to keep the pressure on. |
We're trying to get out the word that the last 10 years of research have helped to alert us to the use of marijuana in particular is a very dangerous risk for the mental health of our young people. |
While it is important that parents send their children the right messages about drugs, it's also important that these messages be age-appropriate. |
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. |
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. |
You don't want them to choose substances of abuse as a way of dealing with stress. You want to be a good example yourself and help them learn that there are positive ways to deal with stress and growing up. |
You don't want to give kids an idea that they might not have thought of. |
Your example has not only made lives better here ... but it is no exaggeration that there are children you will never meet and families you will never hear thank you from whose lives are being saved. |