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		<title>By: Charlie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Charlie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Too bad all the bad noise affects the blog.]]></description>
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		<title>By: Al</title>
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		<dc:creator>Al</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert: 
You really are a stupid bigot. Any one who reads this blog knows I am disabled and poor. I went to the worst schools and I grew up in the worst part of the city in which I live. I have been arrested more times than I can count, mainly for being white in a black neighborhood. I have spent a good deal of my life incarcerated, and have never committed a crime that had a victim. I try to eat. I receive food stamps, SSI, and Medicaid now. I cannot walk around the block. Maybe I can stand long enough to take a quick shower, or a piss.

It has been at least 20 years since I could afford a car to get a ticket in. I have been mugged by Blacks and Latinos and Caucasians. I have had police pistols shove so far down my throat they broke most of my teeth out.  All for being white in a black area (where I happened to live). I know more about racial discrimination than you will ever learn in your stupid cry baby ass life.

I know why you hate the white man, and are so fucking angry, to make 60 million a year you must have had to suck a lot of white cock and kissed a lot of ass. I have more OTW friends than you could ever dream of knowing, cause a pussy like you sure can’t have many friends. 

So Fuck You ,you racist bastard. Just because you have not helped out your own people, don’t lay your guilt trip on me. You don’t know me, but even my black friends want to kick your ass, you are truly a piece of shit cry baby if there ever was one.

You think I don’t know about discrimination. Again, FUCK YOU. You are a bigot no matter what you think. You stupid fucking asshole.

Al]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Robert:<br />
You really are a stupid bigot. Any one who reads this blog knows I am disabled and poor. I went to the worst schools and I grew up in the worst part of the city in which I live. I have been arrested more times than I can count, mainly for being white in a black neighborhood. I have spent a good deal of my life incarcerated, and have never committed a crime that had a victim. I try to eat. I receive food stamps, SSI, and Medicaid now. I cannot walk around the block. Maybe I can stand long enough to take a quick shower, or a piss.</p>
<p>It has been at least 20 years since I could afford a car to get a ticket in. I have been mugged by Blacks and Latinos and Caucasians. I have had police pistols shove so far down my throat they broke most of my teeth out.  All for being white in a black area (where I happened to live). I know more about racial discrimination than you will ever learn in your stupid cry baby ass life.</p>
<p>I know why you hate the white man, and are so fucking angry, to make 60 million a year you must have had to suck a lot of white cock and kissed a lot of ass. I have more OTW friends than you could ever dream of knowing, cause a pussy like you sure can’t have many friends. </p>
<p>So Fuck You ,you racist bastard. Just because you have not helped out your own people, don’t lay your guilt trip on me. You don’t know me, but even my black friends want to kick your ass, you are truly a piece of shit cry baby if there ever was one.</p>
<p>You think I don’t know about discrimination. Again, FUCK YOU. You are a bigot no matter what you think. You stupid fucking asshole.</p>
<p>Al</p>
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		<title>By: Loo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Loo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zen Lill:

A good friend referred me to this site. She said remember that tall beautiful blond that smiled a lot, she is a major feature on a blog I read often. I remember you when you lived in Singapore. So I asked her for the link. 

Maybe we will talk some time. 

Loo]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Zen Lill:</p>
<p>A good friend referred me to this site. She said remember that tall beautiful blond that smiled a lot, she is a major feature on a blog I read often. I remember you when you lived in Singapore. So I asked her for the link. </p>
<p>Maybe we will talk some time. </p>
<p>Loo</p>
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		<title>By: Emi</title>
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		<dc:creator>Emi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am American but I have many relatives in Japan. I hope we here in America stop the powerful thieves that stand to make $millions from building more nuclear power plants. 

Here is a story about what has happened to Rokkasho, Japan&#039;s other nuclear disaster. 

=============================

Japan&#039;s Other Nuclear Disaster
Yas Idei, 04.06.11, 06:00 PM EDT 
Forbes Magazine dated April 25, 2011
At the nuke dump in Rokkasho, a nation&#039;s hunger for power has spawned a financial catastrophe.



The Rokkasho nuclear site: It has consumed $25 billion but left Japan&#039;s power plants scrounging to store waste.

In many ways the 11,000 villagers in Rokkasho, on the northeastern tip of Japan&#039;s main island, are blessed. 

While other towns in the remote region are run-down and financially strapped, Rokkasho boasts gleaming public buildings, immaculate recreation facilities and free picture-phones in every home. 

Rare in a land of massive public debt, its government has a $100 million surplus. At $170,000 per capita income is triple Tokyo&#039;s.

The reason for Rokkasho&#039;s good fortune is its decision three decades ago to host a nuclear waste dump, as well as uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing plants. When the plans were hatched in the 1980s, Japan was the economic wonder of the world, and Rokkasho was held up as a &quot;dream project.&quot; 

Spearheaded by Japan&#039;s political and power industry bosses, it was envisioned as harnessing the nation&#039;s technical and financial prowess to complete the nuclear fuel cycle--a circuit in which conventional nuke plants, fast-breeder reactors and Rokkasho&#039;s recycling facilities would create inexhaustible energy.

These days the dream project looks more like a study in how overwrought ambition and money politics created a financial nightmare. 

Rokkasho is operated by Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. (JNFL), an industry consortium led by Tokyo Electric Power Co., owner of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant. Up to now it has remained in the testing stage and taken delivery of what is believed to be only a small amount of waste.

The power industry&#039;s plan to send many tons of spent fuel to Rokkasho from its 54 domestic nuclear plants has been scuttled by 18 safety-related delays so far in the start of uranium reprocessing. 

The delays, in turn, have left Japan&#039;s nuke plants sitting on 13,000 tons of waste. Unless Rokkasho begins reprocessing, they could run out of storage capacity within a matter of years. 

JNFL now hopes to begin reprocessing in October 2012--after spending another $2.5 billion. Plutonium reprocessing and fast-breeder reactors, which other nations have largely abandoned, are more doubtful still.

That was true even before the Mar. 11 earthquake set off a nuclear crisis at the Fukushima plant, halfway between Rokkasho and Tokyo. 

Under a nuclear policy review ordered by Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Rokkasho is likely to get a close look; one type of fuel it aims to produce, mixed oxides of uranium and plutonium, or mox, was introduced into Fukushima&#039;s No. 3 reactor last year and is a top contamination concern.

One thing that&#039;s not reviewable is the money already consumed by Rokkasho. Costs have exceeded estimates by threefold and stand at $27.5 billion. Billions more would be needed to fulfill its early ambitions.

How did Rokkasho avoid the fate of both Nevada&#039;s stalled Yucca Mountain dump and a plutonium reprocessing plan President Obama killed in 2009? 

Beginning in the 1980s the power industry harnessed local support for development in a place that village vice chairman Takegoro Takada says was known as &quot;Japan&#039;s Manchuria&quot; for its remoteness.

As Rokkasho boomed doubters were marginalized. Retired fisherman Yosaburo Takada, 86, is one of the few remaining. His antinuke lawsuits went nowhere. 

His son has been blackballed from jobs. A four-time mayoral candidate, Takada most recently ran in 2002 after the previous mayor committed suicide amid a construction scandal. Takada garnered 170 votes to 5,140 for current pro-nuke Mayor Kenji Furukawa.

&quot;We couldn&#039;t win against the power of the state and money,&quot; Takada says.

Mayor Furukawa and JNFL officials referred queries to pro-nuke village councilman Fumio Takahashi. &quot;Because of Fukushima, antinuclear movements may grow again,&quot; he says, &quot;but we should focus more on safety issues.&quot; That view may be tested even in Rokkasho. Talk is that potentially unstable waste from Fukushima may be sent its way.
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All this says is that greed is what fuels these men. They do not care what they do to the individuals or the world while they are getting it. 

Wake up America.

Emi]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am American but I have many relatives in Japan. I hope we here in America stop the powerful thieves that stand to make $millions from building more nuclear power plants. </p>
<p>Here is a story about what has happened to Rokkasho, Japan&#8217;s other nuclear disaster. </p>
<p>=============================</p>
<p>Japan&#8217;s Other Nuclear Disaster<br />
Yas Idei, 04.06.11, 06:00 PM EDT<br />
Forbes Magazine dated April 25, 2011<br />
At the nuke dump in Rokkasho, a nation&#8217;s hunger for power has spawned a financial catastrophe.</p>
<p>The Rokkasho nuclear site: It has consumed $25 billion but left Japan&#8217;s power plants scrounging to store waste.</p>
<p>In many ways the 11,000 villagers in Rokkasho, on the northeastern tip of Japan&#8217;s main island, are blessed. </p>
<p>While other towns in the remote region are run-down and financially strapped, Rokkasho boasts gleaming public buildings, immaculate recreation facilities and free picture-phones in every home. </p>
<p>Rare in a land of massive public debt, its government has a $100 million surplus. At $170,000 per capita income is triple Tokyo&#8217;s.</p>
<p>The reason for Rokkasho&#8217;s good fortune is its decision three decades ago to host a nuclear waste dump, as well as uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing plants. When the plans were hatched in the 1980s, Japan was the economic wonder of the world, and Rokkasho was held up as a &#8220;dream project.&#8221; </p>
<p>Spearheaded by Japan&#8217;s political and power industry bosses, it was envisioned as harnessing the nation&#8217;s technical and financial prowess to complete the nuclear fuel cycle&#8211;a circuit in which conventional nuke plants, fast-breeder reactors and Rokkasho&#8217;s recycling facilities would create inexhaustible energy.</p>
<p>These days the dream project looks more like a study in how overwrought ambition and money politics created a financial nightmare. </p>
<p>Rokkasho is operated by Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. (JNFL), an industry consortium led by Tokyo Electric Power Co., owner of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant. Up to now it has remained in the testing stage and taken delivery of what is believed to be only a small amount of waste.</p>
<p>The power industry&#8217;s plan to send many tons of spent fuel to Rokkasho from its 54 domestic nuclear plants has been scuttled by 18 safety-related delays so far in the start of uranium reprocessing. </p>
<p>The delays, in turn, have left Japan&#8217;s nuke plants sitting on 13,000 tons of waste. Unless Rokkasho begins reprocessing, they could run out of storage capacity within a matter of years. </p>
<p>JNFL now hopes to begin reprocessing in October 2012&#8211;after spending another $2.5 billion. Plutonium reprocessing and fast-breeder reactors, which other nations have largely abandoned, are more doubtful still.</p>
<p>That was true even before the Mar. 11 earthquake set off a nuclear crisis at the Fukushima plant, halfway between Rokkasho and Tokyo. </p>
<p>Under a nuclear policy review ordered by Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Rokkasho is likely to get a close look; one type of fuel it aims to produce, mixed oxides of uranium and plutonium, or mox, was introduced into Fukushima&#8217;s No. 3 reactor last year and is a top contamination concern.</p>
<p>One thing that&#8217;s not reviewable is the money already consumed by Rokkasho. Costs have exceeded estimates by threefold and stand at $27.5 billion. Billions more would be needed to fulfill its early ambitions.</p>
<p>How did Rokkasho avoid the fate of both Nevada&#8217;s stalled Yucca Mountain dump and a plutonium reprocessing plan President Obama killed in 2009? </p>
<p>Beginning in the 1980s the power industry harnessed local support for development in a place that village vice chairman Takegoro Takada says was known as &#8220;Japan&#8217;s Manchuria&#8221; for its remoteness.</p>
<p>As Rokkasho boomed doubters were marginalized. Retired fisherman Yosaburo Takada, 86, is one of the few remaining. His antinuke lawsuits went nowhere. </p>
<p>His son has been blackballed from jobs. A four-time mayoral candidate, Takada most recently ran in 2002 after the previous mayor committed suicide amid a construction scandal. Takada garnered 170 votes to 5,140 for current pro-nuke Mayor Kenji Furukawa.</p>
<p>&#8220;We couldn&#8217;t win against the power of the state and money,&#8221; Takada says.</p>
<p>Mayor Furukawa and JNFL officials referred queries to pro-nuke village councilman Fumio Takahashi. &#8220;Because of Fukushima, antinuclear movements may grow again,&#8221; he says, &#8220;but we should focus more on safety issues.&#8221; That view may be tested even in Rokkasho. Talk is that potentially unstable waste from Fukushima may be sent its way.<br />
==========================</p>
<p>All this says is that greed is what fuels these men. They do not care what they do to the individuals or the world while they are getting it. </p>
<p>Wake up America.</p>
<p>Emi</p>
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		<title>By: General Info</title>
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		<dc:creator>General Info</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kids Are Getting Their Drugs from You

Robert Stutman


America’s drug problem is staggering. Illegal drug use has climbed to 20 million Americans.

Even more shocking: Many addicts began abusing drugs or alcohol as kids under the watchful eye of well-intentioned parents.

Parents fail to take steps that might steer their kids away from addiction because they don’t understand how much drug use has changed since they were young.

 Today there are different drugs, different dangers and a different demographic of young people at risk. Here’s what parents need to know now...

Drug abuse begins early. A generation ago, the average age of first drug use among eventual users was 15. Today that average starting age is alarmingly low -- 12 or 13.

 This is a huge problem because the younger people are when they first try drugs, the greater the odds that they will become addicted.

Important: Start talking with your kids about the dangers of drugs before they set foot in junior high school. By high school, it may be too late.

The drugs teens abuse today are not the ones your generation used. Today young people are much more likely to abuse prescription medications than marijuana or LSD.

 In fact, one in five high school students have taken a prescription drug that they didn’t get from a doctor. Teens almost always get their pharmaceutical drugs from their parents’ medicine cabinets or the cabinets of friends’ parents.

Dozens of different pharmaceuticals can be abused. As a rule of thumb, if there’s a sticker on a pill bottle warning against driving after use, it’s likely that teens take the drug to get high. Even over-the-counter medications such as cough suppressants are abused.

If anyone in your house is prescribed a medication that has a warning sticker about driving after use, buy a lockbox or a safe and lock up these pills.

 Do this even if you trust your kids completely -- you don’t want your kids’ friends or your babysitter to be tempted.

Abusing prescription drugs often is riskier than abusing illegal drugs. 

Many teens -- and even parents -- incorrectly assume that anything prescribed by a doctor can’t be all that dangerous. In truth, many prescription medications are extremely dangerous when not used as intended.

Example: OxyContin is a time-release pill designed to suppress pain over six to eight hours. Drug abusers crush these pills into powder so that the full dose is absorbed at once.

Fact: According to a September 2010 government report, fatalities from misuse of prescription medications are the single leading cause of accidental death in the US.

Drug abuse is not just a problem for cities, minorities, the poor and kids who underachieve in school. Rural and suburban kids are just as likely as city kids to abuse drugs or alcohol -- perhaps even slightly more likely. 

White kids are as likely as African-American kids to do so. Private school kids are as likely as public school kids. 
Teens on sports teams are just as likely to use drugs as any other teen. 

Kids who do well in school are somewhat less likely to abuse drugs and alcohol than those who do poorly, but good grades are not the ironclad evidence of nonuse that many parents imagine them to be.

 Even smart kids can be drug users, and some of them are smart enough to maintain their grades after they start using.

Those who start drinking as teens are almost twice as likely to become alcoholics. Alcohol is the most socially acceptable drug in our culture, but that doesn’t mean it’s not dangerous.

 Consuming one or two alcoholic drinks is not a problem for most adults, but when teens drink, they almost never stop at just one or two -- they drink until they are intoxicated.

The teenage brain is especially prone to addiction, including alcohol addiction, because it is still developing. 

Those who start drinking as teens or preteens are approximately twice as likely to become alcoholics as those who wait until their 20s.

Do not drink to get drunk in front of your child -- even if your child is still too young to fully understand what drinking means.

 As early as age two, children begin forming lifelong beliefs and behaviors based on what they see their parents doing.

Certainly never allow your teens to get drunk in your presence. Some parents permit their teens to drink at home because they think this is safer than the teens drinking elsewhere and then driving home.

 I am somewhat sympathetic to this thinking, though studies suggest that teens who drink with their parents are slightly more likely to become alcoholics than those who do not.

 I am not sympathetic when parents allow kids to drink to the point of drunkenness at home. That only increases the odds of future drinking problems.

WHAT EVERY PARENT MUST DO

Many parents believe that nothing they do or say about drugs gets through to their teens. While it’s true that parents cannot control their teens completely, all kids learn important life lessons from their parents -- even when neither parent nor child realizes that learning is taking place.

Have dinner as a family as often as possible. Families that eat together are much less likely to have kids who become addicts.

 Children who have dinner with their parents at least three times a week are less likely to develop drug or alcohol problems.

Tell your children regularly and emphatically that you want them to stay away from drugs, including alcohol and prescription medications.

 Your teens might roll their eyes, but at some level, your words are likely to have an effect -- studies show that kids who know their parents care whether they use drugs are less likely to use them.

Helpful: For information about talking with children about drugs, read How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid by Joseph Califano, Jr. (Fireside)... and explore the links section on my Web site (www.TheStutmanGroup.com, then click &quot;Links&quot;).

Confront your teen if you smell cigarette smoke on his/her clothes or discover other evidence of tobacco use. Teens who use tobacco are at greater risk than nontobacco users of becoming drug addicts. If you smoke, quit.

Inform your teens that if one of their peers ever passes out from drinking or drug abuse in their presence, they should immediately roll this person onto his/her side (to prevent suffocation if the person vomits), then call 911. Thousands of lives would be saved if every teen knew this.

Personal interviewed Robert Stutman, a 25-year veteran of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). 

He served as special agent in charge of several DEA field divisions, including the New York field division, the nation’s largest. In 1990, Stutman founded The Stutman Group, a consulting company that designs and implements substance-abuse prevention programs, Boca Raton, Florida. 

He is special consultant on substance abuse for CBS News and speaks to more than 100 groups a year. www.TheStutmanGroup.com]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kids Are Getting Their Drugs from You</p>
<p>Robert Stutman</p>
<p>America’s drug problem is staggering. Illegal drug use has climbed to 20 million Americans.</p>
<p>Even more shocking: Many addicts began abusing drugs or alcohol as kids under the watchful eye of well-intentioned parents.</p>
<p>Parents fail to take steps that might steer their kids away from addiction because they don’t understand how much drug use has changed since they were young.</p>
<p> Today there are different drugs, different dangers and a different demographic of young people at risk. Here’s what parents need to know now&#8230;</p>
<p>Drug abuse begins early. A generation ago, the average age of first drug use among eventual users was 15. Today that average starting age is alarmingly low &#8212; 12 or 13.</p>
<p> This is a huge problem because the younger people are when they first try drugs, the greater the odds that they will become addicted.</p>
<p>Important: Start talking with your kids about the dangers of drugs before they set foot in junior high school. By high school, it may be too late.</p>
<p>The drugs teens abuse today are not the ones your generation used. Today young people are much more likely to abuse prescription medications than marijuana or LSD.</p>
<p> In fact, one in five high school students have taken a prescription drug that they didn’t get from a doctor. Teens almost always get their pharmaceutical drugs from their parents’ medicine cabinets or the cabinets of friends’ parents.</p>
<p>Dozens of different pharmaceuticals can be abused. As a rule of thumb, if there’s a sticker on a pill bottle warning against driving after use, it’s likely that teens take the drug to get high. Even over-the-counter medications such as cough suppressants are abused.</p>
<p>If anyone in your house is prescribed a medication that has a warning sticker about driving after use, buy a lockbox or a safe and lock up these pills.</p>
<p> Do this even if you trust your kids completely &#8212; you don’t want your kids’ friends or your babysitter to be tempted.</p>
<p>Abusing prescription drugs often is riskier than abusing illegal drugs. </p>
<p>Many teens &#8212; and even parents &#8212; incorrectly assume that anything prescribed by a doctor can’t be all that dangerous. In truth, many prescription medications are extremely dangerous when not used as intended.</p>
<p>Example: OxyContin is a time-release pill designed to suppress pain over six to eight hours. Drug abusers crush these pills into powder so that the full dose is absorbed at once.</p>
<p>Fact: According to a September 2010 government report, fatalities from misuse of prescription medications are the single leading cause of accidental death in the US.</p>
<p>Drug abuse is not just a problem for cities, minorities, the poor and kids who underachieve in school. Rural and suburban kids are just as likely as city kids to abuse drugs or alcohol &#8212; perhaps even slightly more likely. </p>
<p>White kids are as likely as African-American kids to do so. Private school kids are as likely as public school kids.<br />
Teens on sports teams are just as likely to use drugs as any other teen. </p>
<p>Kids who do well in school are somewhat less likely to abuse drugs and alcohol than those who do poorly, but good grades are not the ironclad evidence of nonuse that many parents imagine them to be.</p>
<p> Even smart kids can be drug users, and some of them are smart enough to maintain their grades after they start using.</p>
<p>Those who start drinking as teens are almost twice as likely to become alcoholics. Alcohol is the most socially acceptable drug in our culture, but that doesn’t mean it’s not dangerous.</p>
<p> Consuming one or two alcoholic drinks is not a problem for most adults, but when teens drink, they almost never stop at just one or two &#8212; they drink until they are intoxicated.</p>
<p>The teenage brain is especially prone to addiction, including alcohol addiction, because it is still developing. </p>
<p>Those who start drinking as teens or preteens are approximately twice as likely to become alcoholics as those who wait until their 20s.</p>
<p>Do not drink to get drunk in front of your child &#8212; even if your child is still too young to fully understand what drinking means.</p>
<p> As early as age two, children begin forming lifelong beliefs and behaviors based on what they see their parents doing.</p>
<p>Certainly never allow your teens to get drunk in your presence. Some parents permit their teens to drink at home because they think this is safer than the teens drinking elsewhere and then driving home.</p>
<p> I am somewhat sympathetic to this thinking, though studies suggest that teens who drink with their parents are slightly more likely to become alcoholics than those who do not.</p>
<p> I am not sympathetic when parents allow kids to drink to the point of drunkenness at home. That only increases the odds of future drinking problems.</p>
<p>WHAT EVERY PARENT MUST DO</p>
<p>Many parents believe that nothing they do or say about drugs gets through to their teens. While it’s true that parents cannot control their teens completely, all kids learn important life lessons from their parents &#8212; even when neither parent nor child realizes that learning is taking place.</p>
<p>Have dinner as a family as often as possible. Families that eat together are much less likely to have kids who become addicts.</p>
<p> Children who have dinner with their parents at least three times a week are less likely to develop drug or alcohol problems.</p>
<p>Tell your children regularly and emphatically that you want them to stay away from drugs, including alcohol and prescription medications.</p>
<p> Your teens might roll their eyes, but at some level, your words are likely to have an effect &#8212; studies show that kids who know their parents care whether they use drugs are less likely to use them.</p>
<p>Helpful: For information about talking with children about drugs, read How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid by Joseph Califano, Jr. (Fireside)&#8230; and explore the links section on my Web site (www.TheStutmanGroup.com, then click &#8220;Links&#8221;).</p>
<p>Confront your teen if you smell cigarette smoke on his/her clothes or discover other evidence of tobacco use. Teens who use tobacco are at greater risk than nontobacco users of becoming drug addicts. If you smoke, quit.</p>
<p>Inform your teens that if one of their peers ever passes out from drinking or drug abuse in their presence, they should immediately roll this person onto his/her side (to prevent suffocation if the person vomits), then call 911. Thousands of lives would be saved if every teen knew this.</p>
<p>Personal interviewed Robert Stutman, a 25-year veteran of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). </p>
<p>He served as special agent in charge of several DEA field divisions, including the New York field division, the nation’s largest. In 1990, Stutman founded The Stutman Group, a consulting company that designs and implements substance-abuse prevention programs, Boca Raton, Florida. </p>
<p>He is special consultant on substance abuse for CBS News and speaks to more than 100 groups a year. <a href="http://www.TheStutmanGroup.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.TheStutmanGroup.com</a></p>
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