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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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