drug education

Just say no approach ineffective at drug addiction prevention

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Thu, 04/15/2010 - 3:18pm
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By Faiza Wasim, Canwest News Service
A national youth and student drug reform organization says young Canadians don't put much stock in the federal government's anti-drug approach, so it has created a new website it says may better educate young people about the risks they take by using drugs.
 
Canadian Students for a Sensible Drug Policy designed www.not4me.org, which it says moves away from the government's "just say no" approach, which it calls ineffective.
 
"One of the biggest failings of previous youth drug education programs is that young people don't take them seriously," said Caleb Chepesiuk, CSSDP staff member.

D.A.R.E. generation wants marijuana legalized

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 1:01pm
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Taxing and regulating has worked with cigarettes and alcohol. Why not try it with marijuana?

By Jonathan Perri, LA Times
D.A.R.E. America Chairman Skip Miller writes in his Jan. 28 Times Op-Ed article, "Don’t legalize marijuana," that his organization has been successful in its efforts to reduce illegal drug use in the U.S. by educating schoolchildren. Indeed, protecting young people has long been used to justify marijuana prohibition. But in reality, our drug laws have failed to stop marijuana use among American youth but have succeeded in punishing them with damning criminal records, loss of financial aid for college and removal from after-school activities. As a graduate of D.A.R.E., I know all too well about the shortcomings of this program and of America's war on marijuana. Read more »

National anti-drug campaign starts

Submitted by Ellis Worthington on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 3:57am
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3231/2944003899_a2b6acb00a.jpgCBC News

A federal campaign to warn young people about the dangers of illicit drugs was launched Tuesday.

Studies have shown anti-drug campaigns aimed at teens are only marginally effective, but Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said this one is different.

"Before, there really was no campaign to focus on young people for young people," Aglukkaq said. "We went out and looked to the young people for feedback on what kind of message can we develop for the country."

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Drug education: In America, lessons learned

Submitted by Ellis Worthington on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 11:20pm
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The Economist

Drug education
In America, lessons learned

Mar 5th 2009 | LOS ANGELES
From The Economist print edition
But efforts to warn people off drugs are still too timid

Eyevine On the border, another victim

HIS memories are addled, but the young member of Cocaine Anonymous can just about recall his formal drug education. When he was about 11, he says, a police officer made several visits to his school to give warning of the dangers posed by illicit substances. Although he remembers thinking the cop was “something of a Dudley-Do-Right” he agreed with him that drugs were best avoided. He recalls no further lessons. By his late teens he was addicted to crack cocaine and methamphetamine. Read more »

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