Hard lesson on school drugs programme

I AGREE with teacher and author Julian Cohen on one thing: Ireland’s school drug programmes do not work.

Cormac O'Keeffe (Irish Examiner, September 29) identified the problem, even if I don't agree with him about the solution but that's a debate for another day.

It is good to see that the penny has finally dropped. Too late for many, it is true. The oft-vilified parents who have consistently opposed the Walk Tall drug programme in primary schools and On My Own Two Feet in post-primary schools can hold their heads high at last. They were right.