This addition is the work of the Central Drugs Prevention unit (CDPU) which was set up within the Home Office to coordinate the community based Drugs Prevention Initiative. It intends to cover the subject of drugs prevention in a general…
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Druglink article 1992 – A guide to working with schools by Robin Burgess
Requests for help from schools reacting to a drug-related incident can be an opportunity for drug agencies to establish constructive procedures that avoid stigmatising pupils but make help available to those who needs it. Involving all parties from the LEA…
Druglink article 1991 – Could do better – an evaluation of drug education by Niall Coggins, David Shewan, Marion Henderson and John B. Davies
A government-funded evaluation of drug education in Scotland surveyed a quarter of mainstream secondary schools and nearly 1200 pupils. Packs aiming to improve decision-making skills were the dominant form of drug education. The study found drug education had no effect…
Druglink article 1990 – Can local drug prevention ‘sizzle’ ? by Nicholas Dorn and Laura Gamble
The lessons of an innovative local drug prevention campaign. A drug prevention campaign in Brighton used local radio ads, a phonecard and other materials circulated through youth clubs to stimulate calls to an answering machine with a message on drugs.…
Druglink article 1990 – The politics of anti-drug campaigns by Tim Rhodes
Government anti-drugs campaigns have attempted to address non-users as well as users. But images and messages that successfully deter non-users may simply have alienated drug users, making them less responsive to official sources of help and information. The latest campaign…
Druglink article 1990 – The limits of intervention by Geoffrey Pearson, Mark Gilman and Paul Traynor
How travel sickness tablets forced workers to face the fact that sometimes there’s little you can do. The limits of intervention (PDF) Additional keywords: Cyclizine / Diconal / Temgesic / Scotland
Druglink article 1989 – Drug education in the primary school by Ron Greer
Why primary school drug education is needed and how it could be done. Sensitive to children’s existing drug knowledge and concerns is the key. Drug education in the primary school (PDF) Additional keywords: Primary prevention
Druglink article 1989 – Facing up to the National curriculum by Christine James and Lorraine Lucas
When the government announced its plans for the new national curriculum some saw this as the death knell for drugs education – at the very least, said the specialists, it would be set back ten years. So why all the…
Druglink article 1989 – Regional anti-drug campaigns
Druglink summarises the outcome of the government’s attempt to give the glossy ad agency treatment to local drug campaigns. Regional anti-drug campaigns (PDF) Additional keywords: media campaign / primary prevention / schools / local /
Druglink article 1989 – Skills or issues? The nature of drug training by Dave MacDonald
Is it drug training workers need – or drug education? Decide for yourself what learning about drugs should really be about. Skills or issues? The nature of drug training (PDF)