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Feature – Public Issues
Drugs 101 The Georgia Straight
Drug education in the school system falls far short of giving teenagers the knowledge they need to make truly informed choices about street drugs.
Excerpt from article:“In a world where party drugs are locally made and easily obtained, the “Just say ‘no’ ” mantra has taken a hit. A multitude of studies shows that teens have not pledged an oath of allegiance to this paternalistic caveat. The feeling is that drugs are liberating; it is a freeborn right to expropriate the experience of intoxication. Those who go to a summer rave and pop a pill of ecstasy would undoubtedly scoff at the idea that this is the first step to becoming one of the Downtown Eastside’s heroin and crack addicts.”