{"id":7595,"date":"2022-03-21T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/?p=7595"},"modified":"2022-03-21T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T13:00:00","slug":"national-drug-and-alcohol-facts-week-educating-our-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hancockhealth.apgar.digital\/fr\/2022\/03\/national-drug-and-alcohol-facts-week-educating-our-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week: Educating Our Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"
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National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week: Educating Our Kids<\/h1>\n\n
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Every March, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institutes of Health partner to spark conversations in observance of National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week. This weeklong event, March 21-27 this year, is dedicated to educating youth about drugs by using science-based facts delivered by health practitioners, scientists, students, educators, and community members. The idea is to stop drug misuse by educating kids.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Data on drug misuse by American youth hit a roadblock during the pandemic. The last normal national collection of information was in 2019. At that time, drug misuse had skyrocketed. Although reliable data collected by a decades-long study reports unprecedented sharp declines<\/a> in all youth drug use during 2021, there is reason to assume that returning to more normal daily activities as COVID begins to wane will come with an upswing.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Alongside drug use comes death from overdoses, a tragic problem that was increasing before the pandemic. These statistics point to an ever-increasing need for an education program that helps teens understand the weight of their decisions when it comes to using illegal substances.  <\/p>\n<\/div>

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National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week, with its tag line \u201cShatter the Myths,\u201d aims to do just that. By having honest conversations with teens and providing information based on the science of drug use, leaders are hoping to help kids understand the long-term consequences of their actions. This week is all about facts, not emotion and fear.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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If you\u2019re looking at the statistics above and thinking that Indiana youth are exempt from drug- and alcohol-misuse problems, think again. While every state has its own degree of drug-related issues to solve, in 2018, Indiana teens were reported to be 2.11% more likely to have used drugs in the last month than the average American teen. On top of that, 2018 data showed:<\/p>\n<\/div>

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