Inc. Thanks to the 1,973 7th-12th graders from Oconto County who participated in the TAP survey in 1998. As the parent of a teen, you can help your adolescent make sound and healthy decisions regarding drugs. That's the focus of this newsletter - providing you with ideas to increase the odds of your teen making the smart and healthy choice to not use drugs of any kind. While nearly one in five students reported easy access to speed, one in three reported easy access to marijuana.
Inhalants are even more readily available with half of students reporting easy access.
The majority of Oconto County teens who report using drugs started using before entering high school. While drug use at any age is dangerous, drug use early in life carries greater risk. There's no denying that early first use of drugs puts young people at great risk for drug dependency later in life and a host of other problems that jeopardize their futures. In fact, the earlier youth begin using drugs, the greater the likelihood they will progress to harder drugs and that drug use will cause them a host of physical and psychological problems. Sure, I'd talk with my parents about drugs - that is, if they ever asked me.