Parental Attitudes and
Teen Substance Use

Every year for the past 14 years, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University has conducted the National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse: Parents and Teens. The results of this year’s study strongly indicated that parental attitudes about substance use — their own and their children’s — significantly impacts teen substance use.

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Teens and Nitrous Oxide Abuse

Recent surveys have shown that use of nitrous oxide surpasses use of marijuana among middle-school students in some areas of the country. Read more