School
Though this article regarding the inability of teachers to provide adequate drug education was written in 2007, it still stands true with evidence mounting daily as to the validity of the original report.
According to more recent studies, half of American schools are drug infested. Drugs like marijuana, Xanax, Adderall and Percocet can be purchased at school. Obviously, teachers are not doing adequate drug education and their students are headed down the road of drug abuse.
The job of discipline, example setting and overall upbringing still lies with parents. After all, they will be the one footing the bill for drug treatment when it is needed.
Most American kids receive some drug education in the classroom, but a new report contends that schools should not be relied upon to prevent early use of alcohol and other drugs and its consequences.
The report, “Prevention Education in America’s Schools: Findings and Recommendations from a Survey of Educators,” noted that 37 states require schools to teach students about the dangers of alcohol and other drugs. However, “Teachers don’t have the time, training or other resources needed to do the job effectively, regardless of what the state-mandated standards say,” according to the report by Join Together and Communitas Online.
For example, the report noted that 26 percent of educators who actively teach prevention in the classroom said they have had no training to do so.
