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Is your child getting drawn to drugs? Don’t look away and don’t give up
Young people may get tempted to experiment with drugs. Good parenting can stop them from going down that slippery slope.
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While the majority of youths believe drugs should remain illegal, only 79 per cent said the same for cannabis, compared with 96 per cent of adults.
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Tan Chong Huat
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In Singapore, where we have long upheld a zero-tolerance stance on drugs, one quiet shift is becoming harder to ignore: among youth, attitudes towards drug use are softening. Curiosity, stress and social influence, amplified by online content that downplays risk, are reshaping perceptions. This signals an urgent need to revisit what effective prevention looks like – and where it must begin.
It must begin with parents getting involved. And it can work.
