We need to examine the messages we are sending. We must go beyond 'just say no' and teach people 'how' to say no. Parents are the key to prevention, she said, yet one-third of all adolescents don't know their parents' views on drugs and alcohol. But they need to be honest, tell them what they did and share the negative experiences. Tom Crossett '62, executive director of the Addiction Center of Broome County, has spent 30 years treating people in the community.
Politicians talk about doing good yet they cut off funding.
We continue doing destruc tion by cutting the programs geared for children and families.