It also showed that 44 percent have experience with alcohol, drugs or tobacco by the end of the seventh grade and 25 percent have consumed alcohol by the age of 12. Parents are extremely important in prevention. Children do listen to their parents, and they do play a role in their choices. Fort Thomas parents recently received a crash course on teen marijuana use. The school has become known for posting some of the highest test scores in Kentucky and is a football powerhouse.
Kids unfortunately test the system.
He worries that marijuana use places teens on a precarious path. That's when it scares me big time. The Cincinnati Enquirer , a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper.