Abstract:
It is abundantly clear, that the United States of America has a major drug problem. Alcohol, tobacco products, and marijuana mainly consume this problem. It is clear that the United States need to focus on effective prevention programs in wide scale accessible areas in order to reduce this problem. In order to properly and effectively prevent drug use, we need to focus on prevention in three main areas, such as school-based, work-based and community-based prevention. Only after successful implementation has occurred in each wide scale area will we truly notice a difference in America’s drug use rates.
Introduction Drug abuse has become a widespread problem in the United States and this problem tends to start at …show more content…
(Malmberg et al., 2014). The most used school based prevention programs are ineffective or unproven (Botvin & Griffin, 2007). The programs that are mainly used focus on aspects such as consequences of drug abuse, affective education, and planning alternatives (Botvin & Griffin, 2007). It is clear drug prevention programs that use didactic teachings to inform students on drug education are ineffective. Didactic is the use of lectures and films to teach students (Soole, Mazerolle, & Rombouts, …show more content…
One example of this method is Psychological inoculation, which is a weaker form of social influence that helps prepare youth for real social influences that they might face in the near future (Botvin & Griffin, 2007). Another thing that people should be aware of when trying to prevent drug use in schools is corrective normative expectations. Corrective normative expectations are when students think that more people use drugs then that actually do (Botvin & Griffin, 2007). Corrective normative expectation can prevent students from drug use, by letting them know that not everyone uses drugs (Botvin & Griffin,
It is abundantly clear, that the United States of America has a major drug problem. Alcohol, tobacco products, and marijuana mainly consume this problem. It is clear that the United States need to focus on effective prevention programs in wide scale accessible areas in order to reduce this problem. In order to properly and effectively prevent drug use, we need to focus on prevention in three main areas, such as school-based, work-based and community-based prevention. Only after successful implementation has occurred in each wide scale area will we truly notice a difference in America’s drug use rates.
Introduction Drug abuse has become a widespread problem in the United States and this problem tends to start at …show more content…
(Malmberg et al., 2014). The most used school based prevention programs are ineffective or unproven (Botvin & Griffin, 2007). The programs that are mainly used focus on aspects such as consequences of drug abuse, affective education, and planning alternatives (Botvin & Griffin, 2007). It is clear drug prevention programs that use didactic teachings to inform students on drug education are ineffective. Didactic is the use of lectures and films to teach students (Soole, Mazerolle, & Rombouts, …show more content…
One example of this method is Psychological inoculation, which is a weaker form of social influence that helps prepare youth for real social influences that they might face in the near future (Botvin & Griffin, 2007). Another thing that people should be aware of when trying to prevent drug use in schools is corrective normative expectations. Corrective normative expectations are when students think that more people use drugs then that actually do (Botvin & Griffin, 2007). Corrective normative expectation can prevent students from drug use, by letting them know that not everyone uses drugs (Botvin & Griffin,