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 * //Measures to combat drug abuse in Britain //**

= **How can we encourage ** //**teenagers to avoid drugs **//? =

This question is hard to answer, because there can be so many different answers. Someone blame the school for bad drug-education other blame the  environment at home and someone blame the media. A solution is to stop blaming other factores and start to handle the problems. As mentioned there can be many different solutions to encourage teenagers to avoid drugs. One opportunity is to set up groups with adults to go around and observe the teenagers behavior and help if it is necessary, like "Natteravnene" in Norway. Another more important solution is to give children and teenagers more knowledge about the consequences drugs has on their body, brain and life, and also how it can affect the people around them. This must be teached at school, by the media and by the parents at home. =  =

To encourage teenagers to avoid drugs we have to know more about the teenager’s environment, because these two things are often interrelated. The parents to these teenagers are often those who know least about what their children’s environment.(5) This makes it almost impossible for british parents to predict  when their children needs advice or help. Encouraging your child to avoid drugs and alcohol can be the difference between life and death, but it may be h arder than you think.



As a parent you can follow some easy steps to encourage your children to avoid drugs.
====1. Research, before you can educate your children about the danger of drugs, it would be smart to know something about it yourself. ====

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5)[] BBC  Tuesday, 14 December, 2004, 09:38 GMT

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