Drug Education Week and Schools.

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This paper examines the essential role played by schools during the mandatory drug education week and generally in the fight against youth drug abuse. It begins by examining whether the school-based drug education programs are effective and why the traditional approaches failed. It discusses the need for intense and innovative programs and especially the importance of the mandatory drug education week.

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"As the primary social institution for most developing children, schools can have a significant impact on adolescent health behavior and can play an essential role in adolescent health promotion. Schools serve all children regardless of socioeconomic status, ethnicity, or health insurance status; thus, they are a logical place to provide coordinated health education and health services to a nation's children (DHHS, 1991, p. 434). A successful drug education program requires intense, interactive skills training to provide students with the long-term ability to resist using drugs. A mandatory drug education week with curriculum-specified follow-up throughout the school year is the only effective means of educating students fully on the consequences of drug use and the skills necessary to avoid such consequences successfully."

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