ILLICIT DRUGS: SO HELP ME GOD

For those who adamantly oppose religious expressions in school, a new
perspective might be provided by a study from the National Center on
Addiction and Substance Abuse.

Non-religious students are twice as likely to drink alcohol than those who
attend worship services regularly, the two-year study concluded. They are
three times more likely to binge drink and four times likelier to use
illicit drugs. If a child is exposed to religion, in other words, it could
be the best thing that ever happened to him.

This is not an isolated conclusion. Previous studies have shown religious
students less likely to commit crimes, drop out of school or have poor
health. They also are less likely to smoke.

If activist parents don't take their children to church, they shouldn't
object when others tell them about it.