ALARMING STATISTICS
- People who begin drinking before the age of 15 are four times more likely
to develop alcohol dependence than those who wait until age 21. Each additional
year of delayed drinking onset reduces the probability of alcohol dependence
by 14 percent.
— TheAntiDrug.com
- Marijuana today is more dangerous than it was in the
60’s and 70’s.
Some reports estimate that today’s marijuana is five times the strength
than it was in the 1970’s while other reports estimate the strength
is as high as 25 times that of earlier decades.
— National Institute on Drug Abuse.
- Nearly one in five teens has tried prescription medication to get high.
— The Partnership for a Drug Free America
- One in 10 teens reports abusing cough medicine to get
high.
— The Partnership for a Drug Free America
- Nine out of 10 parents of teens say they have talked to their teen
about the dangers of drugs, yet fewer than one third
of teens say they “learn
a lot about the risks of drugs” from their parents.
— The Partnership for a Drug Free America
- More teens are in treatment with a primary diagnosis
of marijuana dependence than for all other illicit drugs combined.
— TheAntiDrug.com
- Smoking marijuana leads to changes in the brain that
are similar to those caused by cocaine, heroin or alcohol. Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know,
Revised, NIDA, November 1998
— TheAntiDrug.com
- Alcohol affects every part of the body. It is carried through the bloodstream
to the brain, stomach, internal organs, liver, kidneys, muscles – everywhere.
— TheAntiDrug.com
- Adults who serve or supply alcohol to persons under the age of 21 can
be held liable, even if they’re not home when underage drinking occurs.
— National Institute on Drug Abuse.
- More teenage girls than boys now smoke and abuse prescription drugs.
Girls also are starting to use marijuana, alcohol, and
cigarettes at a higher rate than boys.
— White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
"Every week across America, scores of parents wake up to find their high hopes for a son or daughter’s life hopelessly twisted by substance abuse. Christy Crandell shares frankly about how this hurricane struck her own family, the anguish it caused, and the hope that glimmers on the far side. Most importantly, Crandell seeks to arm parental love with real insight into how to avoid these trials in the first place. It is insight that Crandell herself would give just about anything to have had five years ago.”
—Jedd Medefind, Author of The
Revolutionary Communicator and Four Souls
