What Are the True Benefits of School-Based Drug Prevention Programs?

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Overview: The purpose of school-based drug prevention programs is to prevent, or at least diminish, children's use of a variety of substances, including licit substances such as alcohol and tobacco as well as illicit ones such as cocaine and marijuana. In fact, most successful school-based drug prevention programs, such as Life skills and Project ALERT, are not targeted to specific substances. Which drugs then, in terms of usage, do they affect? Where are the benefits of a drug prevention program realized? Through a reduction in crime related to a contracting cocaine market? Through higher productivity associated with diminished alcohol use.

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Format: PDF | Size: 62KB | Date: Nov 2002 | Pages: 4

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