Today's adolescents and teens face a much different drug landscape than did those raised in the late 1990s, which is one reason the U.S. Department of Education and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) updated an in-depth guide for parents.
"Growing Up Drug-Free: A Parent's Guide to Prevention (2012)" is a 55-page booklet covering an array of topics to educate parents and caregivers about how to address this issue with their children.
Originally published in 1998, the revised publication gives parents ideas about how to talk with their children about drugs, and what to do if families believe their children are using illicit drugs and alcohol.
Among the parental myths the booklet aims to dispel are these:
