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Jump to full article: AP, 2000-08-31
Author: Anjetta McQueen / Associated Press Writer Thursday, Aug. 31, 2000; 1:40 p.m. EDT
Intro: "It's going to go down again for sure next year," Barry McCaffrey, President Clinton's drug policy adviser, said of teen drug use. "These prevention and education programs are working."
The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse was released by McCaffrey and Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala. . .
The survey also tracked tobacco and alcohol use among teen-agers in the likelihood such youth would also use illegal drugs.
McCaffrey cautioned there is not a statistically provable relationship but said parents need to be aware that if their children use tobacco or alcohol, that can be an entry to drug use.
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