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According to data from the 2009 Monitoring the Future survey, the perceived risk of using ecstasy, inhalants, and LSD continues to decline among eighth-grade students.

Although 43 percent of eighth-grade pupils perceived a great risk of using ecstasy once or twice in 2004, only 26 percent perceived such a risk in 2009. The perceived risk of using inhalants declined from 46 percent in 2001 to 34 percent in 2009. The perception of a high risk from using LSD once or twice dropped significantly from 42 percent in 1993 to 21 percent in 2009.

According to Lloyd Johnston, principal researcher for the study, these declines in risk perception undercut "a major obstacle to experimentation."

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For further information, see the University of Maryland Center for Substance Abuse's CAESAR Fax at www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/cesarfax/vol18/18-50.pdf

New grant opportunities have been posted and made available through the FAMCare website.  Grant funds for juvenile justice, child welfare, substance abuse and treatment can be found on the FAMCare Grant Resource webpage.

As reported by the New York Daily News. 

Originally Published:Sunday, December 13th 2009, 12:30 PM
Updated: Sunday, December 13th 2009, 4:39 PM
 

A Forsyth County ministry serving women and children is closer to completing its expansion thanks to a large donation from a local business.