41. Peterborough Education And Children - Children's Services-Drug Action Team-FAQ Where can I get help? I am worried my child is using drugs. How can thepublic assist in tackling drugs? I am pregnant and using drugs. http://www.thelearningcity.co.uk/partnerships/drug_action_team/faq/default.asp

Home Drug action team Frequently asked questions Contact: Verina McEwen DAT Co-ordinator 13/15 Cavell Court Lincoln Road Peterborough Tel: (01733) 746597 Email: verina.mcewen@peterborough.gov.uk Peterborough Drug Action Team Frequently Asked Questions What drug and alcohol services are available in Peterborough? What are the National Helpline numbers? What help is available for parents, friends and families? Where can I find needle exchange services in Peterborough? ... Top of page

42. OHN : Health Gateway : Drugs Its website describes its work, and provides information about forums forparenting, drug and sex education, and on children and violence. top. http://www.ohn.gov.uk/gateway/health_focus/topics/drugs.htm

Follow this link to return to Health Topics Links to organisations providing drug education, addiction counseling, detoxification and therapy services. A - F G - L M - R S - W ... X- Z Australian Drug Foundation (Australia) http://www.adf.org.au The ADF is an independent, non-profit organisation aiming to reduce alcohol and drug problems in Australia. The site includes teachers workshops, news, drug information, campaigns projects and a searchable database. Australian Drug Information Network (Australia) http://www.adin.com.au A central point of access to Internet-based alcohol and drug information provided by prominent organisations in Australia and internationally. Cascade (UK) http://www.cascade.u-net.com/ Cascade is a drug information service for young people run by young people. It offers information about drugs and drugs awareness, and provides a list of national drugs helplines. D-2K http://www.d-2k.co.uk

43. Drug Education Jane Allison, spokeswoman for the HamiltonWentworth District School Board, saiddrug education is important in a world where children are inundated with drug http://cocaine.org/misc/drug-education.html

from National Post December 14, 2002 Grade 6 class taught to snort cocaine 'My jaw just dropped' Adrian Humphreys The parents of a Grade 6 student have pulled their daughter out of a "Substance Use and Abuse" class at a Hamilton school after a teacher gave a step-by-step lesson on how to snort cocaine. Linda Harley, mother of Caitlin, an 11-year-old girl who attended Chedoke Middle School, said the teacher used white chalk to first draw a circle on the blackboard to represent a mirror or piece of glass, a surface from which cocaine is often inhaled. The teacher then drew dots on the circle to represent the white powder and students were shown how the dots are pushed together into lines that are then snorted through a tube, Mrs. Harley said. She learned of Caitlin's class last month when the family was eating dinner. "We were sitting around the table and asking her about her day. And we ask, 'What did you learn in school today?' And she says she learned how to snort cocaine," she said. "My jaw just dropped to the floor."

44. ADF | Primary School Children What constitutes good drug education for primary school children? Bui, C. (1999)Is primary school drug education putting ideas into children s heads? http://www.adf.org.au/inside/position/primary.htm

ADF Position on Primary School Children and Drug Education Summary The Question Commonly asked Questions and Responses References Summary Young children must be educated about the dangers of drugs, illicit as well as legal drugs. The primary school is an appropriate setting for this to be delivered. The Australian Drug Foundation believes it is in the interest of every child's safety and well-being to receive drug education that will better prepare them to resist drug use and to minimise the harms which drugs cause. Even young children can be offered illicit drugs such as marijuana especially if they are smokers or drinkers. Drug education should be integrated into the school curriculum. It must be tailored to the student's needs and life experiences and be relevant to them. Drug education cannot prevent all student drug use but has an important role in challenging attitudes, and in encouraging analysis and debate about drug issues. The Question: Should primary schools provide drug education?

45. Psychiatry: The Ultimate Drug Pusher - Psychiatry: Education's Ruin PUBLICATIONS. Home Publications education’s Ruin – Destroying Lives. The legalform of the drug is given to children under the name of Desoxyn. http://www.cchr.org/educate/ptudb.htm

REPORT AN ABUSE If you have been subjected to or are aware of abuse, sexual assault, crime or malpractice committed by a psychiatrist, psychologist or other mental health practitioner, CCHR is a group willing to listen to and help you. Publications: The Real Crisis in Mental Health Documenting Psychiatry - Harming in the Name of Healthcare Documenting Psychiatry - A Human Rights Abuse and Global Failure Psychiatry Committing Fraud - Betraying Society ... Psychiatry Destroying Morals - Creating Chaos Choose your language Français Deutsch Italiano Contact Us CCHR Chapters Make a Donation Inquire about Membership PUBLICATIONS Home Publications W hen Faye Donald's 8-year-old son, Larry, was in the first and second grade he delighted in going to school and to be in the companionship of other children. "He loved socializing and would talk to other children during class," his mother said.

46. Drug Education Programs Are Inefffective - Addictions & Children If the drug educational programs aren?t deterring our kids away from drugs, thenit how to work more effectively when educating our children about drugs? http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art2553.asp

forum radio shops sweeps ... Wireless Office All times in EST Romance Novels : 1:00 PM You Are Here: BellaOnline Family Articles Susan Hubenthal is BellaOnline's Host Drug Education Programs Are Inefffective By Susan Hubenthal A study published in the Spring 2001 Journal of Drug Education, concluded that the school drug education programs are ineffective. Yet, DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) and LST (Life Skills Training) are continuing to be funded. The federal government spends $2 billion annually for research and program support, with the total annual spending nationwide nearly $5 billion. The 1994 Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act shot down opportunities for alternative approaches in favor of these educational programs. The defects in DARE were downplayed. The Act failed to live up to its mandate, ?that by the year 2000, all schools in America will be free of drugs and violence.? The federal government advocates drug education programs that it knows does not work. Claims of effectiveness are based on flawed research, as scientists who make those claims compete to develop profitable programs. Ironically, the same group of researchers often sit on panels evaluating their own work. The LST program is in place in approximately 3,000 schools and has taught this class to over 800,000 students. DARE (in spite of it?s admitted ineffectiveness) has so far been shoved down the throats of 36 million students, and is still being taught in 80% of the nation?s school districts. Some proponents of the LST program go so far as to say that it could reduce tobacco, marijuana and alcohol use among young people by as much as 75%.

47. Some Parents Question Schools' Role In Drug Education The opposition. Some parents fear that the emphasis on drug educationconvinces their children that everyone, indeed, uses drugs. http://www.familywatch.org/library/parents.htm

Some parents question schools' role in drug education Published: 11-1-98 Source: Ft. Worth Star-Telegram Author: Yamil Berard Red Ribbon Week conjures up positive images of grinning students bedecked with pins, T-shirts and slogans exalting the youngsters' pledge to be drug-free. Yet on the opposite end of Tony Arangio's phone line Tuesday morning, a parent's voice was twisting with anger. "My son is in the first grade, and he shouldn't know anything about drugs," the parent told Arangio, coordinator of Safe and Drug Free Schools for Arlington school district. The educator's response: "It's just a red ribbon. Throw it away. Don't wear it. Schools are very accommodating. If you say, `I don't want my kid to wear it,' we don't do it." In the past decade, as schools have been asked to shoulder the difficult task of delivering the anti-drug message to the nation's youths, educators have spoken of parents primarily as partners in the efforts. But as the lessons are being broadened and woven into the curriculum from English to social studies to math, many parents are being seen in a new role: The opposition.

48. Is Zero Tolerance Of Youth Drug Use Working? In large measure, the successful drug education of children restson trust, experts agree. If youngsters find out that even part http://www.familywatch.org/library/dred.006.html

Is Zero Tolerance Of Youth Drug Use Working? Published: August 15, 1999 Author: Mieke H. Bomann Source: Wisconsin State Journal (WI) No, Say Some Critics Of The `War On Drugs.' They Seek Education Programs That Emphasize Knowledge Over Complete Abstinence Reducing the risks of drug taking, rather than preaching zero tolerance, may be the most realistic way to get young people safely through adolescence in an age of broad legal and illicit drug use, say educators and parents who question whether the government1s "war on drugs" is a losing battle. Tweaking the slogan Just Say No, advocates of a new approach called Just Say Know are calling for a public health education campaign that broadens young people's knowledge about all drugs. Drug education as it has been traditionally taught is based on flawed goals, they say, and by refusing to settle for nothing short of complete abstinence, current efforts are unrealistic and doomed to failure. The level of drug use by young people has increased in this decade. A 1998 University of Michigan study for the National Institute on Drug Abuse found there was a slight decline in drug use among teen-agers in 1997, but in the six previous years the number of youngsters who tried a drug climbed significantly. Between 1991 and 1997, eighth-graders who experimented with drugs jumped from 19 to 29 percent; 10th-graders from 31 to 50 percent and 12th graders from 44 to 54 percent. "One of the problems with conventional drug education is the notion that we have the ability to prevent experimentation with drugs among teen-agers," said Marsha Rosenbaum, director of the Lindesmith Center-West, a drug policy research group in San Francisco.

49. Drugscope - Current Projects Objectives An online database provides information about drug education and preventionprojects and resources for those working with children and young people http://www.drugscope.org.uk/about/project_hometemplate.asp?id=27

50. Narconon International - Narconon Drug Education Program Narconon drug Prevention and education Services for Adults,children, K12 education, Youth and Community Centers. http://www.narconon.org/narconon_education.htm

Make a donation Subscribe to Online News Enter Your Email Learn More Narconon Drug Education In the development of an effective prevention program, Narconon staff first addressed where drug education efforts have failed in the past. The basic method used formerly in drug education has been the "scare tactic" approach. This was an attempt to scare youth away from drugs. It never worked; and in many cases perpetuated drug use by presenting information that was easily discredited. In the Narconon drug education presentations to schools, we have refined an approach that speaks powerfully to kids in their own language. Educational Programs Peer Leader Training Drug Prevention Materials Results of Our Program ... Celebrity Support Our professionals, many of whom are former addicts, speak from their own experiences with drugs and give a realistic picture of drug use. We don't just tell kids to "say no"; we educate them

51. Special Needs And Drug Education addressed. This is the resource you need to address drug educationwith children and young people who have learning difficulties. http://www.educari.com/NewEducari/veryNewEducari/2003/pubsResources/SNADE.asp

search site Special Needs and Drug Education Web MultiMedia Consultancy Ordering ... more details I2D: Out Now! order now (we'll send your school or organisation an invoice) Take a look at the preview of i2d: our latest video resource for drug education... i2d trailer download (1.4Mb) 56k modem- requires Flash Player 6 i2d trailer download (2.4Mb) 128k modem- requires Flash Player 6 Special Needs and Drug Education A key resource Special Needs and Drug Education is a key resource for teachers of pupils with special educational needs in teaching drug-related education. order Special Needs and Drug Education Emphasis on practical delivery The emphasis is on the practical delivery of drug education within a variety of settings. The tone is inclusive and positive. Legal as well as illegal drugs are covered, and other aspects of drugs-related education (such as dealing with feelings) are addressed. This is the resource you need to address drug education with children and young people who have learning difficulties.

52. 4/95 Part 1: Drug Education In The Curriculum meeting, at which the school s approach to drug education can be explained mayhelp to overcome any initial alarm at the prospect of children being taught http://www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/guidanceonthelaw/4_95/part1.htm

Circular number 4/95 Part 1: Drug Education in the Curriculum Drugs and the National Curriculum Principles and Practice Outside Speakers Materials ... Teachers and Teacher Training Drugs and the National Curriculum In England and Wales, certain aspects of drug education are a statutory requirement as part of the National Curriculum science Order, and these remain in the revised Order. This comes into force from 1 August 1995 and states that pupils should be taught: at Key Stage 1 (5-7 year olds) about the role of drugs as medicines; at Key Stage 2 (7-11 year olds) that tobacco, alcohol and other drugs can have harmful effects; at Key Stage 3 (11-14 year olds) that the abuse of alcohol, solvents, tobacco and other drugs affects health and that the body's natural defence may be enhanced by immunisation and medicines and how smoking affects lung structure and gas exchange; and at Key Stage 4 (14-16 year olds) the effects of solvents, tobacco, alcohol and other drugs on body functions. The requirements of the National Curriculum represent the statutory minimum for schools. It is for individual schools to consider whether, and if so how, they might wish to extend provision for drug education beyond this. Schools should also take account of the general requirement in the Education Reform Act 1988 that the curriculum in all maintained schools should promote "the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school and of society" and should prepare them for "the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life".

53. Families Online - Talking To Children About Drugs, Part 2 their children about drugs and that role has been seen to be more important thanthe role of the school (although still an important part of drug education). http://www.familiesonline.co.uk/article/static/431/

Site Map Latest Local Features Family Health ... ThamesValleyW Forums New messages: RE: Nanny Required (2.5 days per week) SW16 RE: Bubbly experienced NANNY (25) for the summer - own webpa RE: Italian au-pair Registered Childminder ... Unsubscribe/change subscriptions Talking to children about drugs, part 2 Top level Features Parenting The Big Issues You may wonder why we run this series of articles on drugs. After all, most of our readers’ children are young and drugs is not an issue. Or is it? Julie Johnson’s article will help . ...Julie told us last month that children’s knowledge of drugs starts before they go to school! This may be in the form of the parent smoking or drinking or through the media. Whichever it is, evidence has shown that parents are the most important educator. So you need to take time to prepare yourself before drugs become an issue in your house... What is a drug? A drug is any substance that, when taken into the body affects the central nervous system, thereby modifying behaviour and physical process? Caffeine found in tea, coffee and coke, alcohol, tobacco, paracetamol, calpol, etc are all drugs as well as the ones we normally think of as drugs, i.e. heroin, cannabis and ecstasy etc. We live in a drug taking society. Young people today are growing up in a world where the majority of them will be offered an illegal drug by the age of 16, and they will be faced with making the choice to accept or refuse.

54. The Shocking Truth About "Drug Education" that drug use is wrong, these courses may encourage children to experiment Here aresome telltale characteristics to look for when you evaluate drug education http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/drug_ed/index.shtml

EagleForum.org Shop Donate Contact Us ... PS Report Eagle Forum Website Radio Scoreboard State Leaders Teens ... Eagle Council It's the Law! A new federal law requires every public school to teach students that "the use of illicit drugs and the unlawful possession and use of alcohol is wrong and harmful." The key word is "wrong." This means that any drug education course is illegal if it involves the student in a nondirective process of values clarification, decision making, critical thinking, choices or options, or in any way leads the student to conclude that "it's up to me" to decide whether or not to use drugs. The law has already decided that illegal drugs are wrong. When it comes to drugs, there are no "choices" or "decisions" to be made by students. It is not just the abuse, but the use, of illegal drugs that is wrong. A school violates the law if its curriculum implies that there can be "responsible" use of illegal drugs. The new law took effect October 1, 1990. The U.S. Department of Education says that all public school districts have certified that they are in compliance. It's up to you to find out if they really are.

55. Drug Education Later Use Looking at children eight years after they took the DARE classes, they used drugsat the same rate as children who had regular drug education classes. http://www.simplyfamily.com/family/child/behavior/001005_DARE.cfm

My Email My Contacts My File Cabinet My Preferences ... All Articles family->child->behavior Charles Schwarzbeck, Scripps Howard News Service I attended a DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) presentation with sixth graders. The police officer, a bright knowledgeable teacher, was entertaining and very informative. He told us that he would visit weekly over the next four months, and I decided to adjust my schedule so that I could attend. Question-and-answer times would alternate with lecture presentations. Impressively, he would talk a lot about social pressures and about young decision-making skills. In the midst of my DARE interest, I imagined the 11-and -12 year-olds were getting a gift. The teacher was skilled and would present 16 more weekly classes and demonstrations to the students. The material was fascinating. In my mind, it definitely brought the listener to the conclusion that using drugs was dumb. I thought about another school where I consult that devotes a few sixth grade science classes to drug education. The approach is far less comprehensive than the DARE program. I sat in on a few "drug ed" classes and found them to be informative but less entertaining. It seemed obvious that the more expensive, more time consuming, and more comprehensive program (DARE) was the better deal for the sixth graders. Beyond our logic that a drug-educated child won't become a drug-abusing teen, it is crucial that we test this basic premise.

56. Assembly Programs - Lesson Plans For Life Skills, Character Education, Drug Prev Character education for children in grades K 6 Self Awareness SocialSkills Decision Making drug Awareness Refusal Skills Earth Skills. http://www.lifeskills4kids.com/

Life Skills Lesson Plans Character Education for children in grades K- 6: Self Awareness Social Skills Decision Making Drug Awareness Refusal Skills Earth Skills Presidential Award Winner Life Skills training . . . Helps children achieve their personal best in life. Our Life Skills training and Character Education components promote self-responsibility and motivate children to maintain positive relationships and respect for others. Our scientifically validated life skills assembly program and lesson plans help children develop a broad range of personal, social, cognitive and environmental skills. Life Skills include specific health and assertiveness skills that inspire children to protect themselves from cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, violence and other threats. On this website, you'll find life skills and character education resources for teachers, parents, counselors and home schooling parents working with elementary school children in Grades K-6 (ages 5-12), including: * Free sample lesson plans * School assembly program info * Free life skills knowledge base * Complete life skills lesson collections * Educational links * And more!

57. Kids, Drugs, And Drug Education, A Harm Reduction Approach have found that the vast majority of students who try drugs do not become abusers.30Another premise of drug education is that if children simply understood http://www.drugtext.org/library/articles/rosenbaum01.htm

The National Council on Crime and Delinquency Kids, Drugs, and Drug Education A Harm Reduction Approach by Marsha Rosenbaum, Ph.D. The Lindesmith Center, San Fransisco, California TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword Introduction Drug Education in the U.S What's Wrong with Drug Education? ... Endnotes LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Estimated Numbers of Lifetime Users of Illicit Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco in U.S. Population - Aged 12 and Older - 1979-1994 Figure 2: Estimated Numbers of Lifetime Users of Illicit Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco in U.S. Population in the Past 30 Days - Aged 12 and Older- 1979-1994 Figure 3: Percentages Reporting Past Month Use of any Illicit Drug - Aged 12 to 17 - 1979-1994 FOREWORD We welcome any thoughts you have on this important issue. James Austin, Ph.D. Executive Vice President INTRODUCTION On April 29, 1996, Bill Clinton did what all presidents must do in the approach of an election year. He announced a "new" war on drugs, designed to encourage abstinence. Among Clinton's weapons in his arsenal is education as the means to eradicate drug use among teenagers. The hope is that if initial involvement with drugs can be prevented, a drug-free America may someday be a reality.' Given the widespread use of drugs in the U.S., the goal of complete abstinence may be unrealistic. According to the most current household survey by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), approximately 79 million Americans have used illegal drugs, primarily marijuana, at least once in their lifetime (Figure 1). This number has increased steadily since the survey began in 1979 when the estimated number was 59.6 million. Less than 20 percent of these experimenters (approximately 12.5 million Americans) used illegal drugs regularly, or each month (Figure 2). The number of regular users has declined sharply since 1979 with the largest reductions occurring for the category of marijuana and hashish. In other words, whereas nearly one-third of Americans have tried illegal drugs, less than 5 percent of the population uses them regularly. And, alcohol and cigarettes remain the most dominant form of legal drug use.

58. DRUG EDUCATION: POLITICS, PROPAGANDA AND CENSORSHIP Some people argue that drug education may increase drug use because it will putideas into the heads of innocent children who would otherwise not think about http://www.drugtext.org/library/articles/96733.htm

THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY, VOL 7, NO 3,1996 DRUG EDUCATION: POLITICS, PROPAGANDA AND CENSORSHIP This is a version of an article previously published in Druglink, March/April 1996. We are grateful to them for permission to publish it here. Julian Cohen, JDC Training and Consultancy, Hadfield, UK There is a long history of well meaning, but ill advised, drug education programmes that have attempted to stop young people using drugs. They have failed miserably. In the past, many drug education programmes have been more in the realm of propaganda than education. CaYnpaigns, anti-drug crusades, simplistic messages and sloganeering have been prominent. Dangers of drug use have often been exaggerated in an attempt to put young people off drugs, what one commentator has called 'prophylactic lies' (Trebach, 1987). Young people have often found, through their own experiences of drug use and what friends tell them, that they have been lied to and have thus mistrusted adult sources of drug information. At a time when more young people are using a range of drugs it is important to pursue approaches to drug education that are based on firm educational principles and take full account of research evidence and evaluation studies of drug education. Developing effective and realistic drug education programmes in schools, the wider community and through the media involves learningfrom past misukes.

59. The Drug Education Forum The drug education Forum is a national organisation working for the provisionof effective drug education of all children and young people in England. http://www.accac.org.uk/pse_framework/drug_education.html

Organisation name: The Drug Education Forum Contact name / title: Joanne Butcher, Coordinator Address: National Children's Bureau, 8 Wakley Street, London Post code: Telephone number: Fax number: E-mail address: jbutcher@ncb.org.uk Web site address: www.drugeducation.org.uk Brief outline of the support provided to schools: The Drug Education Forum is a national organisation working for the provision of effective drug education of all children and young people in England. Through the Forum, its members work together to develop policy and practice in drug education. The Forum's Belief Statement underpins the development of good practice in drug education. We hope that organisations will use the statement as a basis for their policies and practice. The role of the Forum includes: Climate setting through influencing policy, media work, advocacy for children and young people and consensus of Forum membership Gathering and disseminating information: through the information service, web site, newsletter, speaking at conferences Project development: to create information for dissemination and policy work The Forum offers support to schools in providing effective drug education as part of PSE. The Forum's information service offers information and support to teachers and other practitioners on drug education policy, guidance, resources and research. Contact Susan Kay, Information Officer, on 020 7843 6038.

60. Tackling Drugs : Drug Education Forum National children’s Bureau, The drug education Forums overall objective is toachieve the provision of effective drug education for all children and young http://www.drugs.gov.uk/Links/UKandNational/D-J/DrugEducationForum

js_staticdir = "/images/" Directgov Help Sitemap Registration ... Dept Addictive Behaviour Drug Education Forum Drug Misuse Research Unit DrugScope EATA Educari ... International Username: Password: Remember my name. I forgot my password! Subscribe to our newsletters Drug Education Forum Part of the National Children’s Bureau, The Drug Education Forums overall objective is to achieve the provision of effective drug education for all children and young people in England . It consists of education, health and voluntary sector national organisations that have an involvement in drug education. Through the Forum, these members work together to develop policy and practice in the area. For further information visit the website at www.drugeducation.org.uk Top Home National Strategy ... Help

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