Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, July 18, 1995 TAG: 9507180083
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-3 EDITION: METRO
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America's children are ``drenched in drugs'' in their homes, neighborhoods and through popular entertainment, according to a study by the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University released Monday.
Among the findings:
Nearly half of children are considered ``at risk'' of starting to abuse drugs.
31 percent of children and 33 percent of adults cited drug use by friends as the main reason young people start using drugs.
16 percent of the youths and 24 percent of adults said television and movies encouraged youngsters to use illegal drugs ``a great deal.''
The children surveyed said drugs are easily available, said Joseph Califano, president of the center and former secretary of health, education and welfare.
- Cox News Service
No study feasible of atomic effects
WASHINGTON - Citing ``insurmountable difficulties,'' a committee of experts has concluded it is not feasible to study reproduction problems among the descendants of veterans exposed to atomic fallout.
A committee from the Institute of Medicine said in a report released Monday that a scientifically accurate study of reproduction outcomes among the children and grandchildren of atomic veterans would be virtually impossible and extremely expensive.
The Department of Veterans' Affairs had asked the Institute of Medicine, an affiliate of the National Academy of Sciences, to determine if it was feasible to study the reproduction outcomes of spouses, children and grandchildren of the 210,000 U.S. military veterans who were exposed to atomic bomb radiation during and just after World War II.
- Associated Press
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