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'Parents who say they don't think their children will ever take drugs should be careful not to assume this,' said Roger Howard, of the UK Drugs Policy Commission think-tank.
'They should keep an open dialogue with their children and think about how they would respond if they found out that their kids had used drugs,' added Howard. Parents who admitted they were not knowledgeable about drugs should address that, he added.
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Apparently 68% of the public would like to see teachers having regular drug testing, up from 46% in 2002.
They also report, "While 27% of those questioned had taken an illegal drug, only 13% of those with children between 12 and 35 years old thought their offspring had "certainly" done so."
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Interview with an ex-user who speaks to pupils in schools and to their parents.
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Opinion piece arguing that mass media campaigns against drug misuse don't affect behaviour.
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Almost three-quarters of under-16s reduced their alcohol intake after police caught them drinking in the street, a new study has suggested.
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The Observer have a survey about drug taking. It suggests that the age at which those that take illicit drugs has come down (17 is the mean, but this falls to 16 amongst 18 to 14 year olds), and that celebrity drug taking is not a direct influence on young people starting to use illegal drugs.
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