Drug Abuse Prevention Education: What Is Realistic For Schools? (From Drug Abuse, P 249-255, 1987, Raymond J Reitz, ed. -- See NCJ-127612)

• NCJ Number: 127622
• Author(s): M A Sheppard
• Date Published: 1987
• Length: 7 pages
• Sale Source: Phi Delta Kappa
• Publication Type: Report (Technical Assistance)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Reprinted from Journal of Drug Education, V 14, N 4 (1984), P 323-329

Annotation

This analysis of drug abuse prevention education focuses on the current theories and knowledge regarding the causes of drug abuse and the role of school-based programs to prevent it.

Abstract

Drug abuse results from environmental factors such as accessibility, expectations, and values; the role models provided by the media and other societal influences, parents, and peers; and personal factors such as previous deviant behavior, the personal value system, and low grades. To reduce drug abuse, schools should provide integrated, growth-oriented programs that do more than just provide information and that address the variety of factors that influence drug abuse. Therefore, they should provide an atmosphere in which students take pride, and help students critically examine societal influences regarding drug use, teach them to resist inappropriate peer pressure, and provide extra academic help to those needing it. 5 references