behaviors.3 Schools have great potential for preventing
or delaying students’ drug use.4,5 An association has
been shown between dropping out of high school and
substance use.6 Effective prevention programs should
then both protect students from dropping out of school
and decrease their potential for drug use.
The US Department of Education released the
List of Exemplary and Promising Prevention Programs,
a compilation of substance abuse programs
in terms of effectiveness. Programs with intervention
strategies for individual skills development included