Thousands of articles have been writ ten, and thousands of programs have been initiated. Yet, as a public, we seem to know far less than we would like about the role of educational inter vention into the drug use problems of our young people. This article is one writer's attempt to generalize years of experience on the part of public health officials, researchers, educators, and policy makers concerning drug use pre vention curricula in the schools.
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