Drug Prevention Education

Science aids drug-prevention education

Some local educators are learning a new approach to combat teenage drug use, and experts say it's more effective than teaching teens to "just say no." Science teachers and counselors from the ...

San Diego Union-Tribune

‘Education is our only way out’: New drug-prevention videos highlight dangers of fentanyl, cannabis, vaping

CORONADOCORONADO — County education leaders on Tuesday announced the release of a series of drug-prevention education videos hosted by a former Drug Enforcement Administration special agent and ...

Newsweek

Education Should Focus on Stopping Drug Use Before It Starts | Opinion

Efforts to prevent drug use and encourage kids to live free from drugs have come under increased attack. Rather than building on science and common sense, some have begun advocating for an unproven ...

KREM

Drug prevention in schools? Fentanyl fears foster demands from parents

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Last week, two Bellevue School District students had to be revived with naloxone after suffering a suspected opioid overdose. Bellevue's incoming superintendent, Dr. Kelly Aramaki, ...

Yahoo

Local officials speak out about preventing drug overdoses at schools

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A new report released Monday serves as an outline for drug prevention education and anti-overdose efforts for schools – with a goal of deterring the onset of drug use and ...

KOB 4

School leaders discuss drug education and prevention

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — State leaders say they are on a mission to figure out just how bad opioid use is in schools. Ellen Bernstein, president of the Albuquerque Teachers Federation, says the drugs we ...

NPR

'Just say no' didn't actually protect students from drugs. Here's what could

This story was originally published on Nov. 9, 2023 and has been updated to include an episode on the topic from Life Kit. College sophomore Elias Myers thinks his friends are lucky to be alive. The ...

WRIC