The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) recently released “Exposure to Substance Use Prevention Messages and Substance Use among Adolescents: 2002 to 2007.”
Some interesting findings within the report:
- From 2002-2007 less adolescents reported exposure to drug or alcohol use prevention message through media (5.3%) and programs outside of school (1.4%)
- During the same period, 1.5% more adolescents report that they talked with their parents about the dangers of drug, alcohol, or tobacco use within the past year.
- However, in 2007, fewer adolescents report talking with their parents about these dangers than in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
- Talking with a parent about substance use decreased with age (ie more 12 & 13 year olds report talking with their parents about this than 16 &17 year olds) but conversely, the older the adolescent, the more likely to receive prevention messages through media.
- In general, adolescents who reported having been exposed to substance abuse messages within the past year were less likely to use cigarettes, alcohol, and illicit drugs in the past month.
- From 2002-2007, females were more than males to have talked with a parent about the dangers of substance abuse, to have received prevention messages through media sources, and to have received prevention messages through school sources in the past year.
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