June 2009 Newsletter
June 1, 2009
At Risk
by Cheryle Jones Andrews
Children are exposed to drugs every day. They see adults taking medicine for headaches , classmates using inhalers for asthma , commercials for medications on TV and in magazines, and even people on the news being arrested for drug use. The subject of drugs can be very confusing – and dangerous – for kids. The younger a child is when he begins to use drugs, the more likely he is to develop problems associated with drug use, such as acts of violence, unplanned or unprotected sex, school failure, or driving accidents. Read more