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2.6 million teenagers did not know you could die from an overdose.
Approximately 2/3 of teenagers who drink report that they can buy their
own alcohol.
Although a majority of parents believe peer pressure to be the primary
reason teen-agers drink or use drugs, teens say:
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79% - being drunk/high feels good |
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67% - helps to forget problems |
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66% - others do it (peer pressure) |
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47% - nothing else to do
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33% of nearly 200,000 students surveyed said that their parents often do
not set clear rules. And half said that they are not disciplined routinely
when they break the rules.
A Study of ninth grade students from
four urban high schools showed that the best predictor of risky sexual
behavior was alcohol and/or drug use.
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