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Drug Ed: When "Just Say No" Doesn't Cut It

By AAN Staff
august 28, 2003  11:22 am
Drug Ed: When "Just Say No" Doesn't Cut It
Police and school officials usually start and stop drug education courses at promoting a "drug- free society," which has about as much relation to reality as promoting sexual abstinence. The Georgia Straight's Roberta Staley looks at the reality of how teenagers learn about drugs -- from each other. Young people need better information -- not only to protect themselves and their friends from addiction and overdose, but to complete the complex process of growing up, she argues.
View full article at The Georgia Straight