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'''Drug education''' has been the misguided effort in [[public schools]] to deter students from drug use by teaching students about drugs.  As a result, illegal drug use by students in 8th through 12th grades has skyrocketed to a shocking 77%.<ref>http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20081207/NEWS08/812070305/1002</ref>  The failure of drug education in schools is analogous to the failure of [[sex education]].
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== History ==
 
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The [[No Child Left Behind]] Act of 2001 requires schools to impose drug education, or else lose their [[federal funding]]. 
 
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This mandate began with the Drug-Free
 
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Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 1989.<ref>http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c101:H.R.3614.ENR:</ref>  It expanded with the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994, which was folded into the 6th reauthorization of ESEA.<ref>http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c103:H.R.6:</ref>
 
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In 2001 Congress passed No Child Left Behind -- the 7th reauthorization of ESEA. Once again, a revised Drug-Free Schools provision was included within the larger bill.<ref>http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:H.R.1:</ref>
 
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ESEA/NCLB was supposed to be reauthorized in 2006, but Republicans were unable to produce a final bill that year. After [[Democrat]]s took over Congress, they chose not to negotiate with Bush over education. Instead they simply waited for a Democrat president.
 
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== New Jersey ==
 
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In December 2008, an official report shows about 30% of [[public schools]] failing the No Child Left Behind academic standards, and over 400 schools repeatedly so.<ref>http://www.nj.gov/education/news/2008/1219ayp.htm</ref>
 
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== References ==
 
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== See also ==
 
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*[http://www.eagleforum.org/psr/2000/july00/psrjuly2000.html Eagle Forum analysis]
 
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*[http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/drug_ed/index.shtml Eagle Forum analysis]
 
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