The Great Game

AP - While today's parents were more likely to have used drugs than in previous generations, they see less risk in drug experimentation and are less likely to speak with their children about it, according to a survey released Tuesday. The study of parental attitudes toward teen drug use, conducted by The Partnership for a Drug-Free America, found that barely half of the parents would be upset if their children experimented with marijuana. The number of parents who have never spoken with their children about drugs was 12 percent, double what it was just six years ago, the survey found.

While most parents no longer use drugs, 11 percent reported marijuana use in the last year. They still carry attitudes fostered during their teen years, researchers found. This is particularly true about parents who were teenagers in the late '70s and early '80s, when teen drug use was at a high point.