Pubdate: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 Source: Illawarra Mercury (Australia) Copyright: Illawarra Newspapers Contact: http://mercury.illnews.com.au/ Page: 6 DRUG SPENDING SLAMMED Parents have lashed out at the Federal Government's schools drugs education strategy, describing it as grossly insufficient to halt substance abuse among teenagers. The Federation of Parents and Citizens' Associations of NSW said the Government was not providing enough money under the $17.5million strategy. In a response to the Government's draft strategy, it called for a greater focus on prevention programs and a greater involvement of students. In all there was a possible $290million available under the Government's illicit drug strategy, of which a total of $37.1million appeared to be available for education purposes, it said. - --- MAP posted-by: Mike Gogulski