Consistent standards and rules are important for your children. Alcohol is a 'gateway' drug for kids. Alcohol is the drug of choice - for parents, for children. It is the drug children experiment with first. My prevention efforts are best focused on alcohol.
Prevention can start with the drug that is most readily available.
And it can start at home. Talking to your child about your standards is a way to begin. Together create a family standard or a family contract. What I model influences my child's attitudes and decisions. This piece is a representation of a brochure you can order from the Minnesota Institute of Public Health along with other resources that are available about parents, children and chemical health.