No more ‘just say no’ — Canadian schools will soon have a roadmap to address student substance use
A new cross-Canada standard sets out what evidence-informed substance use prevention, education and intervention should look like from kindergarten through Grade 12.
The message to students used to be simple: “Just say no.”
But in today’s schools, that message is not only outdated, it may be part of the problem.
Across Canada, student substance use is a growing…