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What Is a Good Drug Prevention Program That WORKS?

Question by ned_diddley_flanders: What is a good drug prevention program that WORKS?
“DARE” doesn’t work. I need other suggestions as to what else is out there. Whether it works or not needs to be based on scientific evidence of it’s effectiveness, not it’s popularity.
I am a teacher and the school I work at has suggested DARE. Although DARE is “popular”, it statistically does nothing to deter drug use. What are other drug programs that people are aware of that work?

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Answer by Maryn Bittner
Proper parenting which teaches that all actions have consequences works.

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