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Since 46 percent of teenagers reported this year that they have used drugs, it is a challenge today to raise healthy, drug free children. The availability of drugs coupled with the peer pressure teenagers face would lead one to think drug use, or at least drug experimentation, is inevitable, but it is not. Drug use is not a normal part of adolescence and abstinence is feasible if you start talking with your children about the repercussions of drug use at an early age.
Drug Free America Foundation developed their Family Guide section to be used as an effective tool to encourage parents to reinforce positive, no-use messages and establish fun, healthy alternatives to drugs. A recent study by CASA Columbia has found that teens from families that rarely eat dinner together were 72 percent likelier than the average teen to use illegal drugs, cigarettes and alcohol, while those from families that almost always eat dinner together were 31 percent less likely than the average teen to engage in these activities. Family togetherness is the number one preventive to drug use.
Drug Free America Foundation would like to invite parents and other concerned adults to participate in a family dinner every Thursday night. It's easy! We'll provide the recipe and you provide the family.
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Yummy Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cupcakes |
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1 package of devil's food cake mix
1 cup of cold milk
1 package of vanilla flavored pudding & pie filling
1/2 cup of peanut butter
1-1/2 cup thawed whipped topping
4 squares of semi-sweet baking chocolate
1/4 cup dry roasted peanuts, chopped
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare cake mix and bake in 24 paper-lined muffin cups, as directed on package. Cool only 30 minutes.
Pour milk in medium bowl. Add dry pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk for two minutes or until well blended. Add peanut butter; beat well. Spoon into small freezer-weight resealable plastic bag or pastry bag; seal bag. (If using plastic bag, snip off one of the corners from the bottom of the bag.) Insert tip into center of each cupcake; pipe in a bout 1 tablespoon of the filling.
Microwave whipped topping and chocolate in small microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 minutes or until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring for about one minute. Dip the top of each cupcake into glaze. Sprinkle evenly with peanuts. Store cupcakes in refrigerator.
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| A yummy treat to share with the ones you love! | |
