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| August 30, 1999 | Lessner, Lori | COPYRIGHT 1999 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

WASHINGTON _ OK dads, listen up. The key to winning the war on drugs rests not with police or laws, but with you.

A national survey released Monday shows that dads who eat dinner with their children, take them to religious services and help them with their homework greatly reduce the chances their kids will smoke, drink or use illegal drugs.

``We need a return of the family dinner in America,'' said Joseph Califano Jr., president of the private National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, which conducted the study.

The trouble is that most kids don't think they can turn to their dads for advice about drugs. Nearly 60 percent of the teens surveyed said their moms are…

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