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Crime prevention starts with protecting children

Stop Abuse Campaign

Drug dealing typically starts as a way for users like Larry to make enough money to feed their addiction. His children grew up with a father addicted to drugs and alcohol; I understand their choice to estrange from him. Drug and alcohol abuse. Self-reported addiction, drug dependence, and lifetime usage of illegal drugs.

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How America Can Break the Cycle and Prevent Drug Abuse

Stop Abuse Campaign

When I shared that picture, she was somewhere in a cycle of jails, shelters, and rehabilitation facilities that dominated her adult life. I was nine when Nancy Regan proposed we end the crack epidemic and, by extension, other illegal drug abuse, by “just saying no.” Effects and dangers of drug abuse.