U.S. Department of Education
Rod Paige
Secretary

Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs
Laurie M. Rich
Assistant Secretary

John McGrath
Senior Director, Community Services and Partnerships

Menahem Herman
Director, Educational Partnerships and Family Involvement Unit

January 2003

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The information in this booklet was taken from the U.S. Department of Education's publication, Growing Up Drug-Free: A Parent's Guide to Prevention (1998) and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy's Juveniles and Drugs—Overview (2002).

This booklet was published by the U.S. Department of Education to make evidence-based drug prevention information easily available to parents, caregivers and others working to ensure that children are growing up drug free.