Response To Substance Education

There are some barriers or weaknesses common to most interventions that target addictive behaviors in the community. Heterogeneity in the population and cultural barriers has contributed to the lack of knowledge regarding substance use and its effects. Issues related to taboo, denial and loss of face mask understanding of the extent of the problem. Institutional barriers and lack of community infrastructure make treatment efforts difficult in serving a diverse population (Ja, 1993). In addition to the psychological barriers, other physical problems also exist. Most primary care physicians do not feel competent to treat alcohol and drug related disorders. Physicians generally do not like to work with patients with these disorders and do not find treating them rewarding. There is substantial evidence that physicians fail even to identify a large percentage of patients with these disorders (Miller, Sheppard, Colenda, & Magen, 2001). Financial barriers include inability to access treatment services by addicted individuals as indicated in various studies. There is also a competition for resources that has to be considered. Local governments allocate some part of their funding for specific issues and there is a competition among several stakeholders to ensure that their cause is represented. Research shows that prevention programs in the community on the issues of substance abuse, risky sexual behavior, school failure, juvenile delinquency and violence have to be

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Research has proven that those under the age of twenty one are more likely to be heavy or binge drinkers and more specifically, twenty two percent of all students under the age of twenty one are binge drinkers. There are many beliefs on what is to blame for the irresponsible drinking habits of these teenagers. One popular belief is that because they’re not drinking with other adults or experienced drinkers they are not being guided into the proper direction to being responsible drinkers. However, the main reason is the lack of education on the topic. D.A.R.E. ® is a program executed through local Police Stations that does a Drug Abuse Resistance Education program for a large array of age groups. The program teaches the students about the decisions they have to make in the future and the harms of drugs and alcohol and they teach students in the elementary, middle, and high schools all across the nation. The problem with this program is that they only present their education program once through the course of every student’s public school experience.

Statistics say that 8.7 million Americans between the ages twelve and through twenty said they have recently consumed alcohol(“NIH)”. When a person is under the influence, they have consumed enough alcohol for their mental and physical features to become impaired. Teenage drinking is an issue that has haunted society for generations. Each year, approximately 5,000 teenagers die from alcohol related car crashes, alcohol poisoning, homicides, suicides, and other injuries (“Underage”). Scientists say that developmental transitions are key factors in a teens decision to consume alcohol. Therefore, because the teen’s brain is undeveloped, it has led them to drink. Drinking alcohol with an undeveloped brain may cause a loss of intellectual capabilities,

The Drug Abuse Resistance Education program known as D.A.R.E has become a very widespread and popular program throughout the United States. The program appeals to all ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic lines, which is a large part of the reason why the DARE program has grown exponentially. The program’s basic premise was meant to introduce kids to the danger of drugs, before the drugs got to them. The implementation of the DARE program appeared to be what America needed to begin to put a dent in the war on drugs.

The researcher will use the population of Longview, Missouri to collect the data for this program evaluation. The current population will be pulled from seven public schools and three private schools. The population will be approximately 4,000 students from public and private schools on the Longview area. The methods that will be used to collect this data will be the use of a survey, focus groups, and historical data collected from local law enforcement and the board of education. The data will be collected pre-program implementation and post implementation for comparison purposes.

We should focus more on offering help to those currently dealing with a drug addiction, and try to present more knowledge about the effects of drugs. Knowledge can be a powerful thing, by having school inform students about the negative effects from smoking, it has “been shown to improve adolescents’ smoking knowledge and attitude, and reduce smoking intention and behaviors” (Tahlil 2013 p.2). If this is the case for smoking, it is most likely also the case for more serious drugs as well, however, many schools tend to not talk about the effects of harder drugs due to either lack of education themselves or just not talking about it assuming they will never try it. Education for future generations, and care for those who are currently suffering from addiction can help the world achieve less drug use and lower the problems that come with that use.

Drug Abuse Resistance Education, also affectionately referred to as the D.A.R.E. program. Using a combination of a cuddly lion mascot, a friendly neighborhood police officer, and an overused and stolen tagline, the D.A.R.E. program is taught nationally to middle school and high school children. Despite D.A.R.E. and all of its efforts, opioid overdoses have quadrupled since 1999 in the U.S. Even though the D.A.R.E. provided police officer would beg to differ, the “Just Say No” abstinence approach is just not effective. On the other hand drugs and alcohol abuse are things that people need to be made aware of and at their own pace need to be taught the necessary skills to avoid those situations.

Drug abuse is a pressing issue many adolescents face in America. Teenage brains are not developed enough to the point where completely rational decision making is possible. We as a society must find a better way to inform students so that they can make wiser decisions regarding recreational drug use.

As a teenager, I understand the temptations there are when it comes to alcohol. All your friends are doing it, you’ll be cool if you do it, no one will ever find out , you’ll be fine, it’ll be fun, etc., but as soon as you take that first drink you’re causing problems to your health. “Alcohol can cause alterations in the structure and function of the developing brain”. The alcohol affects the brain’s development

D.A.R.E. Program called Anti-drug and Alcohol education program created in 1983 to help educate young people about the ills in which stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education Which calls for the early education of adolescents, which originally started by educating young kids but in recent years it changed to include k-12 but focusing on 5th and 6th graders. The program was designed to keep underage youth away from drugs and alcohol because it was believed then that drug and alcohol usage was on the rise in the United States which lead to the major funding to the program by our government. The D.A.R.E education program has been one that garnered much attention in the 1990’s and early 2000’s because of much positive feed back from both education officials and parents. It was believed that substance abuse was a national issue and should be taken care of at a national level. It was believed that in the United States drug abuse was a major issue among young individuals because it affects their minds and would cause it was believed a major mind effect among young children and may mess up their school performance or mess up their life in general. Once it became a focus of D.A.R.E 80% of schools nationwide in the United States and over 40 Nations worldwide it’s focus was to implement this program and shoot for Long term successes by educating the youth it would need at least a decade to figure if this specific program was effective. This program was offered to every youth in

The purpose of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program was to provide an educational teaching tool that would encourage and provide resources to combat drug use, peer pressure and hopefully prevent early entry in the juvenile justice system. Furthermore, these refusal tactics were aiming to help kids say no to drugs. Also, another purpose of this program was to improve kids social skills and enhance their self-esteem in hopes that it would deter unhealthy behavior and actions.

“Facing unparalleled drug abuse among the youth in the 1970’s and early 1980’s, visionary Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates and the Los Angeles Unified School District in 1983 launched an unprecedented and innovative substance abuse prevention education program. Children here in the United States and all over the world benefit from having D.A.R.E( Drug Abuse Resistance Education) in their schools. They teach children about the importance of avoiding joining gangs, doing drugs, and violence. Founded in 1983 in Los Angeles, D.A.R.E has become very successful. “ D.A.R.E is implemented in 75 percent of our nations school districts and is in more than 52 countries around the world.” “ D.A.R.E. is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons that teaches children from kindergarten through 12th grade how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence-free lives.”. There are countless reasons why D.A.R.E is so successful. . “Its unparalleled delivery system utilizing law enforcement officers as instructors and the fact that it was the first program of its kind anywhere in the world have individually and collectively played a critical role in D.A.R.E.’s growth and expansion.”.

Societies all around the world are culturally infused and, in many ways, defined by the “War on Drugs”. So, a question I had always wondered ever since I had begun D.A.R.E (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) in elementary school was how can such a war be won? President Nixon declaration of war on drugs during his presidency in 1971, sparked mass incarcerations for those deemed unfit for society through the possession, use, or dealing of illegal substances such as heroin, cocaine, etc. Between 1980 and 1997, the number of people in prison for non- violent drug related offenses skyrocketed from about 50,000 to more than 400,000 (Nadelmann,1 ). This astronomical spike is evident that this war on drugs was definitely having an effect on the general population of American, but as statistics show, not evenly. An examination of prisons in America showed that in 2010 one out of every one hundred and six white males, one out of every thirty six Hispanic males, and one out of every fifteen black males were imprisoned in U.S. jails, nearly half of whom were incarcerated for nonviolent drug crimes (Sledge, 1). This racially unequal number of incarcerations goes to show the ineffectiveness of the War on Drugs at handling the current social economic status of many lower income area; such areas in which drugs run rampant due to the limited availability of sources of income. The problem in regards to these areas is that many people coming from low economic statuses and suffer form poor

When I think about adolescents and alcohol/drug use, I think about people that I knew in high school. In many psychology courses we learn that psychoeducation is important and that it can assist in bettering one’s understanding of a substance, treatment, or other psychological disorders. Through brainstorming I thought about the education that I received on drugs and alcohol when I was in school, which was next to nothing. In fifth grade we partook in the D.A.R.E. program that was supposed to teach us the harmfulness of drugs and alcohol and to pledge not to use any of the substances. In middle school there was one week that they put up posters and our homeroom teacher read a paper to us about the harmfulness of drugs. When I was in high school there was a small display in high school about a car accident due