Other Drugs / Problem Behaviors
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Marijuana
Fact: Marijuana is the most frequently used illegal drug in the United States.
Fact: 42.3 percent of 12th-graders have tried marijuana at least once.
Fact: Marijuana smoking affects the brain and leads to impaired short-term memory, perception, judgment, and motor skills.
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Parents: Learn more about marijuana, and what you can do, at the National Institute of Drug Abuse website.
March 2010 | Article: New Synthetic Cannibinoids," by Eric Martin 
Methamphetamine
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Inhalants
Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Inhalants are a diverse group of volatile substances whose chemical vapors can be inhaled to produce psychoactive (mind-altering) effects. While other abused substances can be inhaled, the term “inhalants” is used to describe substances that are rarely, if ever, taken by any other route of administration. A variety of products common in the home and workplace contain substances that can be inhaled to get high; however, people do not typically think of these products (e.g., spray paints, glues, and cleaning fluids) as drugs because they were never intended to induce intoxicating effects. Yet young children and adolescents can easily obtain these extremely toxic substances and are among those most likely to abuse them. In fact, more 8th-graders have tried inhalants than any other illicit drug.1
Parents, learn more what you can do. Visit our "Teen/Tween-Proof Your Home" page.