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If governments want to tackle drug use, targeting those at most risk is a better strategy than mass campaigns.
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Fears that TikTok is “serving up” drug content to impressionable users have prompted calls for all drug content to be censored on the platform. But that would remove useful health advice too.
Just around 3% of teens have used MDMA (ecstasy) in the past year.
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Few teens use MDMA and scare tactics, like those we’ve seen recently, are unlikely to reduce existing drug use further.
With the legalization of cannabis in Canada just around the corner, there’s still too much panic over drug education. There’s no need to rush awareness campaigns in advance of legalization; it’s better to start doing them right.
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When it comes to cannabis legalization, we don’t need more education, we need to do education better.
Cannabis is the most widely available and most used illegal substance in the world, and Canadian youth are among the top users.
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Parents can help protect their kids from cannabis abuse by openly discussing the health risks, the pleasures and the responsible ways to use the drug.