Isn’t this why D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) was created for in 1983 ?
http://www.dare.org/about-d-a-r-e/
Filed under: General Problems
How many programs do we need to fail at the same goal ?
Posted on December 17, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1448384/
“Conclusions. Our [2004] study supports previous findings indicating that D.A.R.E. is ineffective.”
Then, let’s use science and evidence around the issue of prescription drug abuse. That would rule out witchhunts and chicken little activity over an issue that has been manufactured out of nowhere.
The scientific method is not welcome in the conversation around prescription drug abuse and harmreduction.