Pubdate: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 Source: Copenhagen Post, The (Denmark) Copyright: 2011 The Copenhagen Post Contact: http://www.cphpost.dk/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1941 HASH TREATMENT MOVES INTO SCHOOLS Problem Of Ineffective Treatment Programmes Solved By Moving Counseling Into Schools Cannabis abusers are finding it increasingly difficult to get help, say addiction specialists throughout the country. However, a successful pilot project has shown significant results by moving treatment programmes into the schools. The pilot project involved 18 cannabis smokers at four vocational schools in Copenhagen, 15 of which used the drug several times a day. Today the project is completed and only one of the students still smokes several times a day. Eight have dropped it completely, while the rest are down to a low or moderate consumption. "Cannabis is the biggest abuse problem among young Danes and a major cause of the high drop-out-rates at the country's youth education programmes," Unna Madsen of the City Council's addiction centre, U-turn, told Politiken newspaper. - --- MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart