Called The Phoney War On Drugs, the report criticises government efforts to combat drug abuse as a waste of money and for not concentrating enough on prevention and enforcement.
The Frank campaign, which launched in 2003, was among a number of high-profile drugs policy initiatives singled out for criticism.
The campaign has too great a focus on reducing the harm that drugs cause rather than halting its use among young people, according to the report.
"It now epitomises the government's low aspirations for reducing young people's drug use," the report says, adding: "It now endorses, rather than seeks to prevent, young people's drugs use."
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