Letter to the Editors.

The document is a letter to the editors of the "Social History of Alcohol & Drugs: An Interdisciplinary Journal" discussing the contrasting approaches to preventing adolescent behavioral problems of delinquency and drug misuse. Theo Di Castri compares a politically engaged approach to prevention with a technocratic approach, highlighting the shift from prevention as social change to prevention as technocratic. The letter also addresses the effectiveness of different prevention approaches, with a focus on the public health approach and the success of interventions like the Communities That Care system in preventing delinquency and substance misuse. [Extracted from the article]

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