Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

Advertising is part of the national drugs strategy. We have a number of pilot projects, in particular, one in the Blanchardstown area where there is a freefone service, a texting service and a postal service. The national drugs strategy intends rolling that out over a wider area. I am also examining other ways of targeting young people using new web-based and text-based technologies. I have had some discussions with some of the groups that specialise in that area and hope to bring proposals to Government fairly soon.

In regard to schools, the SPHE programme is taught through junior cycle. I met the SPHE co-ordinators in July.

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