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Ex-ice users lecturing school kids isn't the answer to preventing drug use

  • Written by Nicole Lee, Associate Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
imagePrograms like the Meth Project are unlikely to have any significant impact on drug use.Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock

Australia is following the lead of the United States and sending ex-ice users into schools in the hope they can have an impact on kids' attitudes towards drug use and prevent use.

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