The use of medical and nursing students in an ongoing drug education program for the seventh grade is described. The results of a questionnaire given to the pupils are shown to demonstrate the effectiveness of this program with respect to both information transmission and the influencing of predicted future use. With the methods used, the program is shown to be objective and effective in stimulating rational drug “use-nonuse” decisions.
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