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Report Finds $1 Billion Campaign to Curb Teen Drug Use May Have Encouraged It

Despite investing $1 billion in a massive anti-drug campaign, a controversial new study suggests that the push has failed to help the United States win the war on drugs. A congressionally mandated study released today concluded that the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign launched in the late 1990s to encourage young people to stay away from drugs "is unlikely to have had favorable effects on youths." In fact, the study's authors assert that anti-drug ads may have unwittingly delivered... Full Story
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