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School Drug Prevention Programs Questioned

Sunday's Chicago Tribune has a feature article, School Drug Prevention Questioned

"The top three programs used by schools to keep students away from drugs are either ineffective or haven't been sufficiently tested, new research suggests.

In a study being published Saturday in Health Education Research, a journal for educators, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill say many schools are using popular programs such as D.A.R.E., Here's Looking at You 2000 and McGruff's Drug Prevention and Child Protection, which haven't shown the kind of results that schools should expect, despite years of use. "

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