FOREWORD<br >In the Mainstream<br > of American Life<br >One of the legacies of the social upheaval of the 1960s is<br >that psychoactive drugs have become part of the mainstream<br >of American life. Schools, homes, and communities cannot<br >be "drug proofed." There is a demand for drugs -- and the<br >supply is plentiful. Social norms have changed and drugs are<br >not only available--they are everywhere.<br > But where efforts to curtail the supply of drugs and out-<br >law their use have had tragically limited effects on demand,<br >it may be that education has begun to stem the rising tide of<br >drug abuse among young people and adults alike.<br > Over the past 25 years, as drugs have become an in-<br >creasingly routine facet of contemporary life, a great many<br >teenagers have adopted the notion that drug taking was some-<br >how a right or a privilege or a necessity. They have done so,<br >however, without understanding the consequences of drug<br > use during the crucial years of adolescence.<br > The teenage years are few in the total life cycle, but<br > critical in the maturation process. During these years ado-<br > lescents face the difficult tasks of discovering their identity,<br > clarifying their sexual roles, asserting their independence,<br > learning to cope with authority, and searching for goals that<br > will give their lives meaning.<br > Drugs rob adolescents of precious time, stamina, and<br > health. They interrupt critical learning processes, sometimes<br > forever. Teenagers who use drugs are likely to withdraw in-<br > creasingly into themselves, to "cop out" at just the time when<br > they most need to reach out and experience the world.<br >f<br ><br >
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