article_snippet: the Daily Telegraph urged the government to cut funding unless there is good evidence that anti-drugs initiatives, such as 2003’s
article_snippet: Many schools have already switched to behaviour-led measures that help children to avoid peer pressure, but experts have urged for faster and more wide-covering progress.
article_snippet: However, Its report does concede that there is growing evidence of the importance of teaching drug prevention as part of a broader strategy to improve national health.
article_snippet: A Home Office spokesman said: ‘Preventing and reducing drug misuse is a key part of our drug strategy and there are positive signs our approach is working.
article_snippet: There has been a long term downward trend in drug use over the last decade, the number of heroin and crack cocaine users in England continues to decline, and more people are recovering from more people dependency now than in 2009-10.
article_snippet: ‘Our evidence-based approach recognises the importance of having a range of prevention initiatives to give individuals the confidence to resist drugs.