Be Smart, Don't Start! Say NO to Drugs! Brenda D. Shumaker Jefferson County Coroner Talk To Your Kids About Drugs 4Really Bad Reasons Why Parents Don't Talk To Their Kids About Drugs: 1 Your kids would never do drugs. Oh come on. High school kids are exposed to drugs every day. Even grade school kids are at risk. Fact is, the average age of kids first trying ilegal drugs is under 14. And every day, nearly 5.000 teens try pot for the frst time It's hypocritical because you did some drugs when you were a kid and you're okay. What you did back then doesn't matter. Because drugs today are nothing like - when you were young. There are far more of them and many that are much stronger. Even pot. Relabie evidence shows its twice as powertul on average than it was 20 years ago, with twice the concentration of THC, the chemical that atlects the brain. Add all the new stuft like crack, ecstasy, meth, and whatever you did as a kid was nothing much compared to today. Talking to your kids doesn't do any good. Not true when it comes to drugs. Kids whose parents get involved with them are 50% less likely to do drugs. It may not seem like it, but they want to know you care - and you will be getting through to them. Your kids know more 4 about drugs than you do. Sure they do Isn't that part of the problem? You've never heard of most of the stuft they know about. But you can find out what you need to know on our web sites: www. theartidrug.com or www.drugtree.org. Not Just about drugs but also how to talk to the itle you-know-whats. McCabe Funeral Home, Inc. Lisa 1. Waldron Funeral Director Proriding familien the Iwst care at tlheir rorst time. (814) 938-0400 Andrew R. Philliber 114 Maple Ave., Punxsutawney Supervisor Waldron Funeral Home Lisa J. Waldron, Supervisor (814) 277-9911 831 Market Street, Mahaffey STAY DRUG FREE Be Smart, Don't Start! Say NO to Drugs! Brenda D. Shumaker Jefferson County Coroner Talk To Your Kids About Drugs 4Really Bad Reasons Why Parents Don't Talk To Their Kids About Drugs: 1 Your kids would never do drugs. Oh come on. High school kids are exposed to drugs every day. Even grade school kids are at risk. Fact is, the average age of kids first trying ilegal drugs is under 14. And every day, nearly 5.000 teens try pot for the frst time It's hypocritical because you did some drugs when you were a kid and you're okay. What you did back then doesn't matter. Because drugs today are nothing like - when you were young. There are far more of them and many that are much stronger. Even pot. Relabie evidence shows its twice as powertul on average than it was 20 years ago, with twice the concentration of THC, the chemical that atlects the brain. Add all the new stuft like crack, ecstasy, meth, and whatever you did as a kid was nothing much compared to today. Talking to your kids doesn't do any good. Not true when it comes to drugs. Kids whose parents get involved with them are 50% less likely to do drugs. It may not seem like it, but they want to know you care - and you will be getting through to them. Your kids know more 4 about drugs than you do. Sure they do Isn't that part of the problem? You've never heard of most of the stuft they know about. But you can find out what you need to know on our web sites: www. theartidrug.com or www.drugtree.org. Not Just about drugs but also how to talk to the itle you-know-whats. McCabe Funeral Home, Inc. Lisa 1. Waldron Funeral Director Proriding familien the Iwst care at tlheir rorst time. (814) 938-0400 Andrew R. Philliber 114 Maple Ave., Punxsutawney Supervisor Waldron Funeral Home Lisa J. Waldron, Supervisor (814) 277-9911 831 Market Street, Mahaffey STAY DRUG FREE