Why we need drug education 

1 June 2010

THIRTEEN students are facing expulsion following allegations of drug use in the grounds of Calamvale Community College.
The students were suspended pending an investigation and the police have been called in.
The school would not confirm to the Star the students’ ages, when they were suspended and what drugs were allegedly taken.
Education Queensland has refused to comment further on the allegations, stating the matter was in the hands of the police.
The college is the second southside school to deal with drug allegations this month after Canterbury College expelled three students for possession of cannabis.
 

http://southern-star.whereilive.com.au/news/story/school-in-drug-probe/

 News 23 June 2009

Maryon Stewart's 21-year-old daughter Hester died in April after taking the legal party drug GBL. 

BBC News

Mum's mission to ban party drug
BBC News - UK
Maryon said she felt it ultimately came down to education and raising awareness. "I don't think it's a five-minute thing," she said. ...Hester Stewart was a medical student with a promising future. "She was just a model daughter," says Maryon.
Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8114618.stm

  

 

HONG KONG (Reuters Life!) - Ng Ka-chun was 13 when friends in Hong Kong introduced him to marijuana, psychotropic drugs and then ecstasy. It was the same logic, they were quite the same as marijuana, they seemed less serious than heroin," said Ng, who was caught stealing.
"We have so many young people involved in drugs in Hong Kong. They have to be educated ... Full story:http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE55M0VV20090623

    

Health and Wellness News

Inhalants and LSD
United States 6/24/2009 11:02 PM GMT (TransWorldNews)

An increasing number of students in our country are getting the wrong idea about the dangers of LSD and inhalants.  In other words, they don’t think they are so bad.
This and other information was included on a survey released by The National Institutes of Health (NIH), which monitors the use of drug education programs in school across the country.

"The 2008 survey results reinforce the fact that we cannot become complacent in our efforts to persuade teens not to smoke, drink or abuse illicit substances," said Mike Leavitt Secretary for the Department of Health and Human Services which monitors drug addiction trends. Full story

  

Narconon in Tokyo, Combating Drug Abuse and Addiction
 July 1 2009 American Chronicle by lynda Wieland 

A young teacher, only recently graduated from school himself, told the volunteers, “It is really necessary to improve people’s awareness about drugs through education.” He was so impressed with the quality of the drug education materials, he left telling the Scientologists he was going to see the principal of his school to get him to adopt the campaign. Full Story