I sometimes wonder if we're going backwards:
Tuesday May 21, 07:53 AM Tough anti-drugs tactics for schools LONDON (Reuters) - The government will encourage teachers to show pupils a
video about a 21-year-old student who died from a heroin overdose as part of
a tough new anti-drug drive for schools. The government campaign will focus on "rooting out dealers around schools"
and "more effective drug education for teachers", a spokesman for Prime
Minister Tony Blair told Reuters. The 22-minute film, produced by the parents of Rachel Whitear, who died in
May 2000, shows her fall from talented sportswoman and pianist to drug
addict. It includes police photographs of her slumped dead from the overdose that her
parents released to newspapers in March as a warning to others. "Parents rightly want tough action and a strong message," said Education
Secretary Estelle Morris. "We are determined that children and young people should understand the
dangers," she told the Daily Mail on Tuesday. The school initiative comes as a government select committee on Wednesday is
expected to recommend relaxing laws on cannabis use.
Best Wishes
Rowdy Yates
Senior Lecturer in Addiction Studies
Scottish Addiction Studies
Dept. of Applied Social Science
University of Stirling
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