They re-evaluated the students at age 20, ten years after receiving the drug prevention education. The study found that the program initially influenced the students' perceptions towards drug use, but concluded that these changes did not persist over time. Most of Halifax's public institutions, and a growing number of its private businesses, come right out and ask people to abstain from using perfume. Halifax's Clayton Park Jr. High School, says students willingly comply with a strict fragrance ban. Offenders are sent home to shower.
Politicians devour it.
It would not be an issue if public television weren't receiving more than a quarter-billion dollars a year from the federal treasury. If the Corporation for Public Broadcasting were weaned from its taxpayer subsidies, it hardly would mean the death of public television. Yes, it is noncommercial. If C-SPAN can not only survive, but thrive without tax subsidies, surely PBS can do likewise. One obvious way is through increased merchandising of PBS-related products.