STEP 4: POLITICIANS - last updated 26/04/04

The politicians make the laws to prevent people harming themselves by taking drugs
• These laws do not always work and there has been an increase in drug abuse

How can the politicians help the situation? - more laws? more money? more education?

QUESTION: Work out six points for an effective government drug policy.

www.unodc.org/unodc/en/drug_demand_reduction.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/2000225.stm
http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/news/index/articles/article_id=9854.htm
http://www.drugscope.org.uk/drugbaseii/more.asp
http://www.drugscope.org.uk/druginfo/drugsearch/home2.asp
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