Welcome to SPAN-DS
We are parents and guardians, teachers, coaches, medical and business professionals, clergy and community members, all working together to help guide our youth toward healthy lifestyles.
Please take a moment to look through our website and learn more about our efforts to make safer and healthier communities.
Please take a moment to look through our website and learn more about our efforts to make safer and healthier communities.
THE POWER OF PARENTS
Parents DO make a difference. Despite how you may sometimes feel, research shows that parents are an important influence on whether or not teens choose to drink alcohol.
Talking with teens about alcohol...
Data shows parents are more effective than school in preventing alcohol and marijuana use...
Talking with teens about alcohol...
Data shows parents are more effective than school in preventing alcohol and marijuana use...
Why do teens start drinking in the first place?
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NY Times: Legalizing marijuana raises health risks
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The Party Season is Fast Approaching...
Here are some statistics about teenage drinking and driving and ways in which to reinforce the importance of never driving or riding with anyone under the influence of anything -- including marijuana.
Medical Marijuana
Research shows that there is a direct correlation between decreases in percep- tion of harm and social disapproval and increases in drug use. Research also demon- strates that the most effective prevention reduces the access and availability of drugs and increases consequences for use. With national data already showing softening attitudes and across the board increases for drug use – particularly marijuana, which increased in all grades according to the most recent PRIDE Survey data – legalizing medical marijuana and thereby reducing the associated consequences will lead to a certain and significant increase in marijuana use throughout the United States.
READ DATA HERE... |
Delay, Delay, Delay!
The legal drinking age makes sense. If a person reaches the age of 21 without developing a substance abuse problem, they are unlikely to develop one in the future. If teens hold off on drinking until they’re of the legal age, they’re more likely to be able to drink safely and moderately without becoming dependent; that’s why early education and prevention efforts are so important.
Taken from Phoenix House: 6 Drug Facts... Read more Click here to read Parent Prevention Tips |
Click on the links below view the DS results of the
2010 Metrowest Adolescent Health Survey :
Middle School Results
High School Results
Grades 7-12 Quick Fact Sheet
2010 Metrowest Adolescent Health Survey :
Middle School Results
High School Results
Grades 7-12 Quick Fact Sheet
