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The highly acclaimed comprehensive guide to getting your child through the formative pre-teen, teen, and college years drug-free--now completely revised and updated.
Nearly every child will be offered drugs or alcohol before graduating high school, and excessive drinking is common at most colleges. But the good news is that a child who gets to age twenty-one without smoking, using illegal drugs, or abusing alcohol or prescription drugs is virtually certain never to do so.
Drawing on more than two decades of research at The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASAColumbia), founder Joseph A. Califano, Jr., presents a clear, common-sense guide to helping kids stay drug-free. All parents dream of a healthy, productive, and fulfilling future for their children; Califano shows which specific actions work and what parents can do to teach, protect, and empower their children to have the greatest chance of making that future come true. Teenagers who learn about the risks of drugs from their parents are twice as likely never to try them, and this book provides the tools parents need to prepare their children for those crucial decision-making moments.
In this revised and updated edition, Califano tackles some of the newest obstacles standing between our kids and a drug-free life--from social media sites and cell phone apps to the explosion in prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse and the increased dangers and addictive power of marijuana. He reveals what teens can't or won't tell their parents about their thoughts on drugs and alcohol, and combines the latest research with his discussions with thousands of parents and teens about the challenges that widespread access to drugs and alcohol present, and how parents can instill in their teens the will and skills to choose not to use. Califano's insightful and lively guide is as readable as it is informative.
Author Notes
Joseph Anthony Califano, Jr. is the Chairman of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University. He served as United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Jimmy Carter.
Califano graduated from College of the Holy Cross in 1952 and from Harvard Law School in 1955.
Califano has written several books, including: The Student Revolution: A Global Confrontation, A Presidential Nation, Governing America: An Insider's Report from the White House and the Cabinet, The 1982 Report on Drug Abuse and Alcoholism, America's Health Care Revolution: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Pays, The Triumph and Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson: The White House Years, Radical Surgery: What's Next for America's Health Care, and How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid: The Straight Dope for Parents.
(Bowker Author Biography)
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Library Journal Review
Starred Review. Califano, leading substance abuse educator and former U.S. secretary of health, education, and welfare, here presents a revised and expanded edition of his 2009 title of the same name. Incorporating the latest research, statistics, and cultural shifts, such as the increasing acceptance of medical marijuana, the author seems to peer under every rock and pebble to help parents understand which kids are most at risk, when the risks are highest, how to combat the issue, and more. From specific information about individual drugs to how to recognize abuse and seek treatment, this title is the "Bible" on kids and substance abuse. If nothing else, parents should heed that "teenagers who learn about the risks of substances and alcohol from their parents are twice as likely never to try them." VERDICT While parents are unlikely to curl up with 400-plus pages of material on kids and drugs, this book nonetheless should be widely available to them through libraries. Those with the previous edition will benefit from this update and all others should acquire. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.