NEW YORK -- Parents know how difficult it is to get teenagers to listen. Compound that with the temptations that abound for teen drug and alcohol abuse and parents can have a daunting problem on their hands.

But now, they're getting parenting tips from an unlikely source: the U.S. government.

As part of its $200 million anti-drug program, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has created a new campaign of ads. For the first time, ONDCP's anti-drug ads address parents and friends rather than the potential user.

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