HUNTINGTON -- Milton Creagh found out in 1993 that telling kids to say no to drugs wasn't enough.

That year, national studies showed that 77 percent of illegal drugs were used by people in the workforce, and three-quarters of those people worked full-time. What that means, Creagh told students, parents and community members during four talks Friday throughout Cabell County, is that the adults are the problem.

"Some of the kids I met today (at Cabell Midland, Huntington High and Huntington Middle) have the biggest drug problems, and they've never touched the stuff," Creagh said during his final message given at City Hall on Friday night. "It's their mommy and daddy getting high."

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