spending too much effort in teaching the physical effects that belong
 largely to the excessive drinker and the alcoholic which includes
 4,000,000 of our population there are 56,000,000 moderate drinkers
 who need to know more about the risk they are taking in making alco-
 hol a psychological crutch. They need to know that the advantage they
 gain socially from alcohol makes them less and not more of a "real
 person". They are using a depressant to make them the "life of the
 party" rather than developing their initiative.

 The young person needs to know that a small amount of alcohol
 that seems to make him a better driver is making him more subject to
 accidents.

Tobacco

 There is a great need for more scientific study concerning tobacco.
 "Tobacco and Health" is recommended to the teachers as good material. Here
 again we need to challenge the young person to strive for his maximum
 physical and mental development. Lead him to study for himself the obstacle
 that tobacco places in the way of that best growth. The fact that a teacher
 smokes need not interfere with his encouraging the young person to attain
 his full growth and weigh all the evidence before he decides to smoke.

Opium Marijuana

 Teaching concerning the more dangerous drugs as opium and its deriva-
 tives and marijuana is not as difficult as that concerning alcohol and
 tobacco as social sanction is against the use of these drugs outside of
 scientific and medical usage.

Sedatives and Stimulants

 The use of milder stimulants as, tea, coffee, and kola drinks at times
 are taken to the extreme and do considerable injury. Bensidrene to keep
 one awake and barbituates to put one to sleep are used much to extensively.

 Our aim in teaching is to help young people and adults to solve their
 problems by a frontal attack and without goading the body with stimulants
 or depend upon narcotics for relaxing it.


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