Parental Control & Involvement begins with education and research
The most important tool we have against drug use is not a badge or a gun, it is the kitchen table. Parents can prevent drug use by researching and learning as much as they can - then sitting down with their children and talking with them -- honestly and openly --about the dangers of drugs to young lives and dreams. Prevention begins with parents and families, and requires the support of schools and communities.
The struggle against abuse must take place in homes and schools in every community. We'll be able to overcome substance abuse when parents, teachers, citizens, and government officials all work together to teach youngsters to reject illegal drugs and accept healthy lifestyles. Drug abuse prevention is everybody’s business.
The U.S. Congress created the Drug-Free Communities Support Program in 1997. The program provides grants for a one-year period to enhance collaboration and coordination in fighting illegal drugs, alcohol, and tobacco.
Drug Courts have become one of the judicial system's most effective strategies for rehabilitating drug offenders. Judges, prosecuting attorneys, and defense attorneys work together with the offender in a regimen of hearings and interviews devoted to reform and rehabilitation as well as to punishment. In an intense program of monitoring and supervision, the judge can become the defendant's confessor, mentor, and taskmaster, all the while recognizing the serious and debilitating nature of drug abuse as a disorder.
Understandably, some parents of drug users think that their child might have been pressured into taking drugs by peers or drug dealers. But children say they choose to use drugs because they want to relieve boredom; feel good; forget their troubles and relax; have fun; satisfy their curiosity; take risks; ease their pain; feel grown-up; show their independence; belong to a specific group; or look cool.
Rather than being influenced by new friends whose habits they adopt, children and teens often switch peer groups so they can hang around with others who have made the same lifestyle choices.
Parents know their children best and are therefore in the best position to suggest healthy alternatives to doing drugs. Sports, clubs, art, music lessons, drama, community service projects, and after-school activities efforts have always enriched the lives of young people and motivated them to stay away from drugs. Curious youngsters need more than information and media savvy if they're going to stay away from drugs. They need interesting activities that allow them to resist the temptation of drugs. Keep children and teens active and interested. Stay involved by attending games and performances. Motivate them to avoid destructive behavior.
Schools, Courts, Counselors and Support Centers work together
Alternative involvement in Community Programs keep our Youth enriched and active
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