Children’s Health Policy Centre member Christine Schwartz recently appeared on CBC News: The National to discuss how funding effective prevention programs can reduce youth substance misuse.

The news segment highlighted research showing that PreVenture, a school-based substance use prevention program, produced a 35% reduction in the annual increase in the odds of teens developing substance use disorder, compared to a control group.

The segment featured community advocates and experts, including Schwartz, who say policymakers should invest in evidence-based substance use prevention programs.

Schwartz and the team at the Children’s Health Policy Centre have long called for investment in programs such as PreVenture. Such interventions are badly needed to reduce the harms of substance misuse for young people in Canada.

Watch the full CBC News segment to learn more.