Teen Drug Use Levels Off.After years of steady increase, teen's use of illicit drugs illicit drug Street drug, see there declined or leveled off from 1997 to 1999, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent study released by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA PDFA Partnership for A Drug-Free America PDFA Praseodymium Doped Fiber Amplifier PDFA Pennsylvania Deer Farmers Association PDFA Pensacola Dog Fanciers Association, Inc. (Milton, FL, USA) ). Marijuana use showed a slight but steady decline, and for the first time since 1993, the reported use of cocaine and crack declined. Researchers credited the decline in part to a change in teen attitudes toward drug use. "Culture is disassociating 'coolness' from drug use," says Barbara Delaney, senior vice president and director of research for PDFA. "Cultural icons -- especially musicians and actors -- are less likely to be seen as purveyors of marijuana and drug 'coolness.' " While these results are encouraging, "it's too early to declare a major turn-around in drug-related attitudes and drug use," says James E. Burke For other people with the same name, see . James E. Burke was the chief executive officer (CEO) of Johnson & Johnson from 1976 to 1989, a company for which he worked at for forty years. Burke was born on February 28 1925, in Rutland, Vermont. , chairman of PDFA. |
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