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The anti-drug: family dinners.(up front)

NEA Today

| February 01, 2004 | Mitchell, Tiffany | COPYRIGHT 1994 National Education Association of the United States. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Who would have thunk? Frequent family dinners may help protect teens against illegal drug use and stress--and even help them do better in school, according to a study from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University.

As teens move from middle to high school--the years when teen substance abuse risks are highest--they eat with their families 29 percent less frequently. Not good. The study …

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