| When it comes to drug abuse prevention there are | | | | starting to communicate freely about their own |
| several ideas, theories and methods that one can look | | | | everyday trails and tribulations at work and how it |
| to. The seizure of methamphetamine by law | | | | makes them feel. Since being at school and at the |
| enforcement in the Minneapolis area was one of the | | | | office can sometimes have similarities in the types of |
| major contributing factors of the reduction of | | | | people who you meet while your there, it can be a |
| methamphetamine use from 2006 to 2008. Reports | | | | great way to open the doors of communication just |
| show a decline of patients into treatment as well, 5.5 | | | | by sharing what happens on a daily basis. If your |
| percent in 2008 compared to 12 percent in 2005. | | | | children feel you trust them enough to share with them |
| The numbers are still decreasing which is partly due to | | | | what goes on at work they in turn will open up to you. |
| education resources being administered across the | | | | Prevention doesn’t stop there though; community |
| state in an attempt to educate children and parents | | | | involvement is a very important factor as well. Most |
| about the dangers of methamphetamine and other | | | | communities have neighborhood watch programs, |
| drugs. Narconon Arrowhead, one the largest and most | | | | nightly curfews for individuals under 18 years of age, |
| successful drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers in the | | | | and committees that plan and organize events that |
| world, has been delivering drug education lectures to | | | | support drug free activities. In areas where we see |
| help educate people about drugs and drug abuse since | | | | high community involvement the addiction rate and |
| 2001. | | | | crime rates are normally much lower than in |
| Drug abuse prevention starts at home. When parents | | | | communities which have little to no participation. |
| talk openly and communicate with their children about | | | | Remember the more involved you and your family can |
| the dangers of drugs and alcohol it helps the child in | | | | become in drug free activities together the better |
| tremendous ways. Children are often hesitant to talk | | | | chance you will have of remaining a drug free family |
| about the things that go on at school with their friends | | | | because by being educated and supporting a drug |
| to their parents for fear of being picked on or | | | | free life style you are setting a positive example for |
| becoming an outcast. Parents can help with this by | | | | generations to come. |