The contest offered an opportunity for the participants to express their views on various aspects of the "Just Say No" pledge ... Adylee's poster advises students to walk away from drugs.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis condemned the legalization of recreational drugs as a flawed and failed ... much of his pastoral care to addicts. Just last month, Uruguay — next door to ...

Drugs are bad. Just say no. In a room plastered with posters titled "Pressures" and "Ways to Say No," I join a class of Los Angeles middle schoolers in November 2002 as it breaks into small groups ...

Medical experts say that ... damaging drugs – like marijuana – still kill brain cells and even shrink parts of the brain with prolonged use. Proponents argue that marijuana is no worse than ...

Into this void came the voice of Nancy Reagan, with a message for children around the nation: “Just Say No.” The campaign against drugs became Reagan’s most memorable achievement — lauded ...

Merely telling participants to “just say no” to drugs is unlikely to produce lasting effects because many may lack the needed interpersonal skills. Programs led exclusively by adults ...

When someone offers you drugs, just say no. Yet research has shown that this slogan and accompanying campaign from the mid-1980s, spearheaded by then First Lady Nancy Reagan, was not only ...

Houston, TX – The current fentanyl crisis has caused a shift in drug education. Now, schools and police departments feel children as young as the 5th grade should learn about the dangers of hard ...

One major problem I see with “Just Say No” strategies is that they completely ignore the individuality of students, turning a blind eye to the multitude of reasons students may use drugs. Educators ...

better known by the acronym "D.A.R.E." One of the program's core messages—along with the idea that you should always shout "NO!" when offered some "really cool drugs to smoke"—is that ...