http://blog.seliger.com/2008/01/02/more-on-drugs/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:49:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://blog.seliger.com/2008/01/02/more-on-drugs/comment-page-1/#comment-12 David Glowka Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:54:04 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/2008/01/02/more-on-drugs/#comment-12 Studies have demonstrated that simplistic "just say no" messages and zero-tolerance programs for teenagers don't work and cause more harm than good. But such programs still get all the federal money since the war on drugs is ideologically driven, having nothing to do with efficacy or reason. Fortunately, Congress is slowly starting to understand and this year cut millions from the Office of National Drug Control Policy's budget for those absurd this-is-your-brain-on-drugs TV ads. And there's more reason for hope. The Drug Policy Alliance (where I work as a grant writer) received a federal earmark grant last year to promote honest youth drug education in New Mexico, a huge coup considering we're the loyal opposition to the war on drugs. Here's a little more information about the funded project: http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/110107nm.cfm Studies have demonstrated that simplistic “just say no” messages and zero-tolerance programs for teenagers don’t work and cause more harm than good. But such programs still get all the federal money since the war on drugs is ideologically driven, having nothing to do with efficacy or reason. Fortunately, Congress is slowly starting to understand and this year cut millions from the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s budget for those absurd this-is-your-brain-on-drugs TV ads. And there’s more reason for hope. The Drug Policy Alliance (where I work as a grant writer) received a federal earmark grant last year to promote honest youth drug education in New Mexico, a huge coup considering we’re the loyal opposition to the war on drugs. Here’s a little more information about the funded project: http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/110107nm.cfm

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