2026-06-26 from cbc.ca

A new framework to develop guidelines around substance use in schools recommends beginning prevention and education efforts efforts as early as kindergarten.

The framework, dubbed Anchoring Change, was developed by a team that comprised academics, addictions researchers and school system administrators.

It is aimed at helping school administrators change their substance-use policies and shift away from a punitive approach to youth substance use — which previous research has found to be ineffective — and toward one that prioritizes community supports.

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