Pubdate: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB) Copyright: 2016 The Calgary Sun Contact: http://www.calgarysun.com/letter-to-editor Website: http://www.calgarysun.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/67 Author: Noel Hershfield Page: 14 Cited: Drug Free World http://www.drugfreeworld.org/ Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor. TEACH KIDS ABOUT DRUGS According to A Drug Free World, an organization that employs education in our schools to attempt to stop drug experimentation amongst our youth, it is estimated that 25% of children are involved with drug use. As we all know, in the last year, over 400 young people have died as a result of drug use. Our emergency departments are increasingly attending young people with side effects due to drugs, including marijuana. When the government legalizes this powerful psychoactive drug, it is going to get worse. Why they are legalizing this agent is a mystery. We must start teaching our young in our schools about the true facts about drugs, both legal and illegal. Noel Hershfield FRCP Clinical Professor, U of C - ---------------------------------- (Back in the day, drug awareness lessons in school were terrifying.) - --- MAP posted-by: Matt