On Monday, P.c. Rodney Trott challenged the members of the Boys to Men Teen Camp, at Devonshire Recreation Club, to reassess the benefits many feel come with using drugs.

"If you ask a drug user why he takes drugs he'll tell you that it makes him feel good,'' he said. "And it's true, they do make you feel good, but that doesn't mean that they are good for you.'' P.c. Trott also explained that many people began taking drugs to escape their problems.

He added that it was vital that each boy realised that taking drugs would not help them in anyway.

P.c. Trott also bought a drug display unit with him to give the teens an opportunity to see what many popular drugs look like.

The briefcase was full of replicas of drugs such as LSD, cocaine and marijuana.

P.c. Trott told the Royal Gazette that it was important that young people learned how to confront drugs situations when they were alone.

"Adults cannot be with them 24 hours a day,'' he said. "They need to learn how to deal with drug dealers when they are by themselves. P.c. Trott added: "Adults often come up with things for them to say, but this doesn't look cool in front of their friends. Young people just need the correct information about drugs so that they can make good decisions.'' Camp Instructor Stephen Lewis said he felt that this new approach to drug prevention was better than the old "you touch it you die'' method.

"I think that it is a lot more effective as it has more practical solutions to dealing with drug abuse.''`A drug user will tell you drugs make him feel good'