KIDS DRUG EDUCATION/PREVENTION

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The other major abstinence-only prevention program is Life Skills Training (LST). A 2001 study showed that students did not complete the complete three year program had a higher rate of drug use, than those who didn't go through the program. Another researcher found that LST were more likely to drink alcohol than students who never went through the program (15 ).

Studies have show the effects of drug prevention programs erode over time. Any prevention program showed have follow up sessions over time to increase the likelihood of sustaining any positive effects(16 ).

The General Accounting Office said about drug abstinence only programs "There is no evidence that the no use approach is more successful than alternative approaches, or even successful in its own right."(17 ).