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Gore Vidal (1925-) is a prolific American novelist, playwright and essayist; one of the greatest stylists of contemporary American prose.

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Clarence Page: Pulitzer Prize winner; columnist and member of the editorial board at the Chicago Tribune since 1984. Twice a week, he addresses, with passion and style, the social, economic and political issues affecting people in the United States such as crime, education, housing, hunger and bigotry.

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Charles Krauthammer: After graduating from Canada’s McGill University, Charles studied political theory at Oxford and then went to Harvard Medical School. Trained as a neurologist and psychiatrist, he returned to political analysis, first as a senior editor at the New Republic and then as a syndicated columnist. A collection of his essays has been published, and he has won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary. The excerpt here is taken from an article he published in 1988.

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Today, young people using "ecstasy tablets" semi-openly at parties is not a rare scene in some cities. Among officially registered drug addicts, 70 per cent are under the age of 35. And the types of drugs they use are becoming more and more diverse.

Many factors are involved such as teaching in schools, the role of neighborhood committees and non-government organizations (NGOs), mental health support, family environment and media influence.

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The world needs a well-considered practical approach and coordinated efforts to make headway.

The reality today is that in many places, young people have very limited access to knowledge about drugs although drug abuse and trafficking are spreading in these areas.

In large cities and relatively rich areas, many of the attempts we have seen so far, mainly represented by lectures or posters and short-term campaigns, are superficial.


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What has been done is far from being enough to

equip young people with a comprehensive

knowledge about drugs and to make them

understand the dire consequences of using drugs.

It is true that schools, community organizations

and NGOs have their respective difficulties in

doing more to fight the war on drugs.


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The end of Drugs: The Hidden Danger to Youth.

It is the government's duty to find ways to

solve these problems. At the same time,

parents and teachers should learn to improve

their communication skills and provide

emotional support for their children or

students. Young people should also be

encouraged to seek counseling for emotional

problems.


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Lesson 14—How Do We Deal with the Drug Problem? III. Themes of International III. Themes of International Day against Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Abuse and Illicit TraffickingTrafficking 26th June every year is the International Day against D

rug Abuse and illicit Trafficking ( 国际禁毒日 ) designated by the United Nations. The theme of each year is listed as follows:1992 ： Control of supply and rural development

—“ 毒品，全球问题，需要全球解决” 1993 ： Prevention of drug abuse through education

—“ 实施教育，抵制毒品”


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1994 ： Women, drug abuse, and drug control — “ 女性，吸毒，抵制毒品”

1995 ： International cooperation in drug control ： a mid-term review of the UN Decade against Drug Abuse — “ 国际合作禁毒：联合国 90 年代中禁毒回顾”

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1996 ： The social and economic consequences of drug abuse and illicit trafficking — “ 滥用毒品与非法贩运带来的社会和经济后果”

1997 ： Mobilizing communities to prevent drug abuse — “ 让大众远离毒品”


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1998 ： Youth uniting to prevent drug abuse — “ 无毒世界我们能做到”

1999 ： Music against drugs — “ 亲近音乐，远离毒品”


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2000 ： Facing reality ： denial, corruption and violence — “ 面对现实：拒绝堕落和暴力”

2001 ： Sports against drugs — “ 体育拒绝毒品” 2002 ： Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS — “ 吸毒与艾滋病”


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2003 ： Let‘s talk about drugs … — “ 让我们讨论毒品问题”；

2004 ： "Drugs ： treatment works“ — “ 抵制毒品，参与禁毒”


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