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Schools Without DrugsWHAT CAN WE DO?A Plan for Achieving Schools Without DrugsPARENTS:1. Teach standards of right and wrong, and demonstrate these standards through personal example.2. Help children to resist poor pressure to use alcohol and other drugs by supervising their activities, knowing who their friends are, and talking with them about their interests and problems. 3. Be knowledgeable about drugs and signs of drug use. When symptoms are observed, respond promptly. SCHOOLS:4. Determine the extent and character of alcohol and other drug use and monitor that use regularly.5. Establish clear and specific rules regarding alcohol and other drug use that include strong corrective actions. 6. Enforce established policies against drug use fairly and consistently. Ensure adequate security measures to eliminate drugs from school premises and school functions. 7. Implement a comprehensive drug prevention curriculum for kindergarten through grade 12, teaching that drug use is wrong and harmful, and supporting and strengthening resistance to drugs. 8. Reach out to the community for support and assistance in making the school's anti-drug policy and program work. Develop collaborative arrangements in which school personnel, parents, school boards, law enforcement officers, treatment organizations, and private groups can work together to provide necessary resources. STUDENTS:9. Learn about the effects of alcohol and other drug use, the reasons why drugs are harmful, and ways to resist pressures to try drugs.10. Use an understanding of the danger posed by alcohol and other drugs to help other students avoid them. Encourage other students to resist drugs, persuade those using drugs to seek help, and report those selling drugs to parents and the school principal. COMMUNITIES:11. Help schools fight drugs by providing them with the expertise and financial resources of community groups and agencies.12. Involve local law enforcement agencies in all aspects of drug prevention: assessment, enforcement, and education. The police and courts should have well-established relationships with the schools. "I felt depressed and hurt all the time. I hated myself for the way I hurt my parents and treated them so cruelly and for the way I treated others. I hated myself the most, though, for the way I treated myself. I would take drugs until I overdosed, and fell further and further behind in school and work and relationships with others. I just didn't care anymore whether I lived or died. I stopped going to school altogether .... I felt constantly depressed and began having thoughts of suicide, which scared me a lot! I didn't know where to turn..." --Stewart, a high school student |
