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Drug Education

'Just Say No' Turns 30

Marsha Rosenbaum | Posted 04.17.2013 | Crime
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Marsha Rosenbaum

By 2001, D.A.R.E. was deemed by none other than the United States Surgeon General, "an ineffective primary prevention program," and lost 80 percent of its federal funding shortly thereafter. Yet D.A.R.E .has kept going.

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Lucia Graves

White House Budget Emphasizes Drug Punishment Over Treatment

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 04.11.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration budget released Wednesday emphasizes drug abuse punishment and interdiction over treatment and prevention, desp...

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Time to Prescribe the Right Cure

The Miami Hurricane | Posted 05.22.2012 | College
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The Miami Hurricane

Although prescription drugs are harmful, they do have a purpose for people who have a reason to take them. This does not include taking Adderall to study for a test. Too much of anything is bad, even if it comes with a prescription.

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Lizzie Schiffman

Study Sheds Light On Heroin Use Among Young Suburbanites

HuffingtonPost.com | Lizzie Schiffman | Posted 12.20.2011 | Chicago
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"I was not a big risk taker as a kid. [My parents] can't picture me using heroin. My mom was putting ribbons in my hair in fifth grade, and curling my...

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Why We Need Honest Sex -- And Drug -- Education in Schools

Tony Newman | Posted 10.10.2011 | New York
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Tony Newman

The same way sex education advocates acknowledge that not all teens will be abstinent and need to learn how to be safe, we need to acknowledge that not all teens are going to abstain from drug use.

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Drug Czar "Too Busy" to Meet With Fellow Cops

Norm Stamper | Posted 10.07.2011 | Politics
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Norm Stamper

Back in June, representatives of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition marched from the National Press Club to the Office of National Drug Control Policy headquarters. Our mission: to hand-deliver a copy of our new report.

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