young person's life. You can't really expect a whole lot of change from a tiny little effort. One more thing, while schools may be very convenient places to reach groups of young people, many of these programs would work much better if the same message were also being delivered from the home, family, community, youth organizations, and the media. Prevention can be somewhat 'swimming up stream' when it's not really being reinforced anywhere else."

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Contact: Jean T. Shope, Ph.D.
jshope@umich.edu
734-763-2466
Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research
13-Mar-2001

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