drug prevention
Stopping abuse beforehand
Drug prevention refers to efforts aimed at stopping substance abuse before it starts.
Programs typically target youth through education about risks, refusal skills, and healthy alternatives: The school district expanded its drug prevention curriculum.
Prevention strategies range from classroom instruction to community campaigns to family-based interventions.
Distinct from drug treatment, which addresses existing addiction.
- after-school programsOrganized youth activities post-classes
- scare tacticsMethods using alarm to influence
- school assemblySchoolwide gathering in auditorium
- media literacySkill evaluating information sources
- family counselingGuided resolution for relatives
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- health educationhealth education, health curriculum, school health, health literacy, health videos
- substance abuseaddiction, abuse, alcohol abuse, substance use, substance misuse
- crime preventioncrime reduction, crime stoppers, crime hotspots, gang intervention, neighborhood watch
- Military Substance Abusesubstance abuse, alcohol abuse, substance use disorder, addiction treatment, alcohol dependence
- PSAsPSA, anti-smoking campaigns, PSAs, health campaigns, anti-smoking ads
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Care for substance dependence
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Selling illegal substances
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Consuming intoxicating substances
drug abuse · substance abuse · drug addiction · drug culture · drug dependence
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