Rejoinder to Dennis Gorman's critique of: "Preventing alcohol harm: Early results from a cluster randomised, controlled trial in Victoria, Australia of comprehensive harm minimisation school drug education"

Abstract

As researchers seeking to contribute to better alcohol and other drug prevention we appreciate the need for critical reviews of intervention programs. Gorman’s critique of our recent paper is therefore welcome. It does identify some weaknesses in specificity, which in hindsight could have been better addressed. It also provides an opportunity to explain why certain choices were made in terms of reporting findings (Gorman, 2015; Midford et al., 2014).