First-of-Its-Kind Heroin Prevention Program Launched

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The Robert Crown Center for Health Education (RCC) held a press conference Monday in Hinsdale to introduce a heroin education and prevention project that, according to Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy director Kathie Kane-Willis, is the first of its kind in the U.S. and will address a deadly drug trend that has become more common in DuPage County.

Kane-Willis’ organization is partnering with the RCC, 21 Salt Creek Ln., on the Reed Hruby Heroin Prevention Project and the director was one of five speakers at the conference.

“As our research continues to show, there are no programs—none—that focus exclusively on heroin,” Kane-Willis said of nationwide drug-prevention initiatives. “Few of the existing programs mention heroin at all.”

According to RCC CEO Kathleen Burke, the project emphasizes education and prevention. It is currently in the research phase, the first of three one-year phases. The RCC will develop the content of the program in the second phase and RCC educators will launch the developed strategy and evaluate its effectiveness in the third phase.
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full story @ http://lisle.patch.com/articles/first-of-its-kind-heroin-prevention-program-launched-2
 
“Our goal is to stop the use,” Burke said. ”The project is unique because research conducted on the use of heroin will help us identify what factors influence young people in order to prevent inevitable addiction and death.”
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Good luck with that.

Seems like a good way to waste money. :|
 
Wow-do these people actually think this will work? Seems like a gigantic waste of money to me too. I would hope the phase where they talk to addicts will open these people's eyes and let them realize there aren't some magic words that will prevent addiction. The lack of success with the DARE program should be testament enough to this. People are who they are. They would save more lives by teaching harm reduction and giving out narcan.
 
At least it's focused on a drug that actually causes harm, but still haven't they learned by now that these programs don't work.
 
So these people think that they'll make some form of scientific discovery that will allow them to prevent addiction and death? Why do people still think that this method is the answer to preventing harm from addiction? I don't see anything coming from this study other than a huge bill.

Although there is always the chance that they will stumble upon some form of heroin that gives the same euphoria and analgesic properties but without the addiction potential...a man can only dream

Phrozen is right though, the majority of the damage caused by heroin isn't from the drug itself, it's from the laws that turn those who get addicted into criminals.
 
“Our goal is to stop the use,” Burke said. ”The project is unique because research conducted on the use of heroin will help us identify what factors influence young people in order to prevent inevitable addiction and death.”

I can already identify what factors influence young people to use Heroin. Its actually only 1 factor and I guarantee you its true for 99% of people under the age of 30 that use heroin.. and that 'factor' can be summed up as "Prescription Opiates"
 
(real) Education is the way to go; imo thats all the goverment should be allowed to do in drug related issues. Its a better waste of money then raiding houses and putting people to jail for drugs.
 
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