drug education
Teaching about narcotics
Drug education is instruction about psychoactive substances—their effects, risks, and legal status.
School-based programs aim to discourage use among young people, though approaches vary from abstinence-focused curricula to harm-reduction models that acknowledge some experimentation may occur.
The DARE program dominated drug education in American schools for decades.
- harm reductionMinimizing adverse outcomes pragmatically
- educational pamphletsShort printed teaching materials
- substance abuse preventionStopping harmful drug use
- public health campaignsOrganized efforts promoting population wellness
- red ribbon weekSchool substance abuse prevention campaign
health class · school assemblies · community outreach · teacher training programs · rehabilitation centers · detoxification programs · early intervention · overdose prevention · life skills training · real talk · age restrictions · risk assessment · 12-step programs · mental health support · multimedia presentations · relapse prevention · workshop · warning
- recoveryrecovery, sobriety, rehab, recover, recovery room
- school eventsgraduation, commencement, graduation day, graduation ceremony, kindergarten graduation
- substance abuseaddiction, abuse, alcohol abuse, substance use, substance misuse
- youth interventionyouth programs, youth centers, youth counseling, youth empowerment, youth courts
- youth policyyouth advocacy, youth councils, youth voice, youth leadership, youth employment
- school healthschool nurse, school nurses, school clinics, health office, nurse office
drug educationdrug treatment
Care for substance dependence
drug rehabilitation · addiction treatment · substance abuse treatment · detox · rehab
drug educationmisinformation
False data spread unintentionally
unawareness · willful ignorance · censorship · disinformation