NCJ Number
153515
Date Published
1994
Length
52 pages
Annotation
This document presents data based on questions asked of over 1,000 teenagers interviewed as part of the 1992 British Crime Survey.
Abstract
Drug education in schools is an important part of any long term strategy for reducing the demand for drugs. This report, while not directly exploring the question of how best to provide effective drug education, does shed light on closely related issues: (1) How much in the way of lessons and other information pupils aged 12-15 currently receive; (2) Whether they themselves think they get enough drug education; and (3) How drug education in schools ties in with external influences such as the media. The main message to emerge from these consumers of drug education is that they do find it useful. They tend to want more rather than less, and they fully acknowledge the seriousness of drug taking while recognizing that young people do sometimes succumb to taking illegal drugs. Appendix, references, footnotes, tables, figures