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...effectiveness. Last week a federal study found that drug users among children ages 12 to 17 have more than doubled in four years, to nearly 11%. If nothing is done, that percentage is likely to double again in five years. "It's tragic but not surprising," says Rosalind Branningan of Drug Strategies, an antidrug research group. "In many schools, putting up posters is the sum of drug education. The few programs that do work use a host of proven methods and involve rigorous, normative teaching," which means getting kids to realize that most of their peers are not doing...
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