Teenagers are more likely to be involved with drugs between 3-6 p.m. when adults are not around.
	Source: National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

	Make sure your child is involved in positive after-school activities with adult supervision, such as sports, jobs, clubs, after-school programs, etc.
	Source: National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

	It is important to check to see that your children are where they say they are going to be.
	Source: National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

	The third most widely abused drugs are inhalants.
	Inhalants are virtually free and easily accessible to young people of all ages.
	Source: National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

	Only tobacco and alcohol are more popular than inhalants among drug-using youngsters.
	Source: National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

	Inhalants are a bigger threat than other gateway drugs.
	Source: National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

	The physical effects of inhalants can include hearing loss, limb spasms and damage to the central nervous system, brain, bone marrow, liver and kidneys.
	Source: National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

	Club drugs such as ecstasy can lead to depression, drug cravings, paranoia (and in some cases psychotic episodes), blurred vision and dangerous increases in heart rate and blood pressure.
	Source: National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

	Teens who learn anti-drug messages at home are 42 percent less likely to use drugs.
	Source: National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

	Parents who establish clear rules and consequences, praising and rewarding desirable behavior and staying involved in teenagers’ daily lives help to prevent drug use.
	Source: National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

	It is important to know your children’s friends. Have their friends stay for dinner. Make a point of meeting your children’s friends and their parents.
	Source: National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

	It is important to have addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of other parents to keep in touch with your child.
	Source: National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

	53 % of young people have tried an illicit drug by the time they finish high school.
	If inhalant-use is included, 32% have tried an illicit drug as early as the 8th grade.
	Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse

	27% of 12th graders are current smokers and 57% of young people have tried cigarettes by the 12th grade.
	31% of 8th graders have tried cigarettes and 11% of 8th graders are daily smokers.
	Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse

	78% of students have consumed alcohol (more than just a few sips) by the end of high school.
	47% have done so by the 8th grade.
	Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse

	38% of all U.S. high school seniors have used marijuana in the last 12 months.
	89% say marijuana is “fairly easy” or “very easy” to get.
	Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse