drugs to get high is safer than using street drugs, according to the survey. Almost one-third of the parents said attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications such as Ritalin or Adderall can improve a child's academic or testing performance even if the teen does not have ADHD. For Tracey and Jeff Gerl, of Cypress, Texas, their son's drug abuse problem was a shock. "We just didn't know," said Jeff. He and his wife had the "drugs are bad" talk with their son, Nick, and thought he got…
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