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Talk to kids about drugs? Parents just don't do it

Talk to Kids about Drugs? Parents Just Don't Do It. U.S. News-Family Circle-YM. September 1999.

A U.S. News-Family Circle-YM poll of 700 parents of teens and 700 teens ages 14 to 17 conducted by Celinda Lake of Lake Snell Perry & Associates and Ed Goeas of the Tarrance Group Sept. 8-15, 1999 found a discrepancy between what messages parents think they are sending, and what teens are hearing. For example, 14% of teens say their parents talk to them "a lot" about drugs, while 35% of parents say they talk to their teens "a lot" about drugs.