host: let's hear from our guest, nora volkow. guest: the point that is very relative -- the most important question that we ask, how can we prevent drug use among our young people? at the end of the day, their exposure to drugs, overall, even accounting for variability, will have a negative impact. one of the most important prevention strategies is that you have to keep alternative behaviors. when you are young, it's about exploring the world. things and new wanting to have an impact if you do not have been usevenues for channeling that drive, you are more likely to take drugs. instead of just saying to kids -- just say no to drugs -- it's not going to work unless they have alternative behaviors they can say yes to. helping them understand the goals they want to achieve for themselves, and for themselves as part of the global culture that they belong to. host: you can read the study at drugabuse.gov. our guest is the director, nora volkow. 10 more minutes in this segment. dallas, texas, donald is on the line. caller: to the calle

we will be joined by nora volkow, head of the national institute on drug abuse. the latest survey was released yesterday. "washington journal" is next. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] host: it promises to be quite the active day and the nation's capital as of this congressional lame duck session continues. one headline says the tax bill is stumbling toward a final vote. vote. it

nora volkow, who has overseen eight surveys, and she will tell you about this year's findings. >> good morning. i want to welcome you all, and i want to thank particularly mr. gil kerlikowske for being here, and for the support for the fight against the use of drugs in young people and everyone. i also want to thank dr. lloyd johnston, the principal instigator. this is the eighth time that i have stand -- stood in front of you to address the significance of the findings. looking at it, and try to identify what is the most salient, it is clearly though recognition that we are seeing a significant increase in the use of marijuana. most particularly relevant are the increases observed in daily use. this increase is quite large, more than 10%. it is particularly relevant because daily use of marijuana is likely to result in more adverse effects. also, it is likely to be associated in 25%, to 50%, with marijuana dependents. another important factor is that the use of marijuana across all of the estimators that we have -- that is daily marijuana use, monthly, or exposure during the year, is

nora volkow, who has overseen eight surveys, and she will tell you about this year's findings. >> good morning. i want to welcome you all, and i want to thank particularly mr. gil kerlikowske for being here, and for the support for the fight against the use of drugs in young people and everyone. i also want to thank dr. lloyd johnston, the principal instigator. this is the eighth time that i have stand -- stood in front of you to address the significance of the findings. looking at it, and try to identify what is the most salient, it is clearly though recognition that we are seeing a significant increase in the use of marijuana. most particularly relevant are the increases observed in daily use. this increase is quite large, more than 10%. it is particularly relevant because daily use of marijuana is likely to result in more adverse effects. also, it is likely to be associated in 25%, to 50%, with marijuana dependents. another important factor is that the use of marijuana across all of the estimators that we have -- that is daily marijuana use, monthly, or exposure during the year, is