Evaluating an in-school drug prevention program for at-risk youth

Alberta Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-133

  DeWit, David J ^a   Steep, Barbara ^a   Silverman, Gloria ^a   Stevens Lavigne, Andrea ^a   Ellis, Kathy ^a   Smythe, Cindy ^a   Rye, Barbara J ^b   Braun, Kathy ^b   Wood, Eileen ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b NONE

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