Mark Neumann: “The single most important determining factor in whether or not a teenager is going to be involved with drugs is the…”

“The single most important determining factor in whether or not a teenager is going to be involved with drugs is the involvement of the parent in the teenager's life. The right answers to these problems are empowering our parents. That is our role. Get us out of their way so they are not sending all their money out here in taxes, they do not have to take that second job; get out of the way so the parents can spend more time with their kids. And, I mean, I am not naive enough to think that all of a sudden we lower taxes, parents spend more time with kids and all the problems go away. I mean, I am not that naive. But when you start looking at how you actually go about turning around a Nation that has been headed in the wrong direction, certainly parental involvement in the kids' lives ought to be our top priority. And one more thing on this social side that I think is very important. Five years ago we did not even know about this topic, but we know as a Nation about it today. It is partial-birth abortions. And if you start looking at America and where we are today and where we are going to, if we turn our back on this issue, I do not see how we can solve the rest of the social issues facing our Nation.”