GROUP TARGETS YOUTH WITH ANTI-DRUG WEBSITE

A national youth and student drug reform organization says young
Canadians don't put much stock in the federal government's anti-drug
approach, so it has created a new website it says may better educate
young people about the risks they take by using drugs.

Canadian Students for a Sensible Drug Policy designed www.not4me.org,
which it says moves away from the government's "just say no" approach,
which it calls ineffective.

The key is to talk with young people, not at them, said Tamara
Kalnins, 24, a member of the group's board of directors. The group is
particularly concerned with the government's decision to exclude
alcohol, tobacco and pharmaceuticals from its prevention strategies.