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'{{primary sources|date=June 2007}} '''Drug education''' is the planned provision of information and skills relevant to living in a world where [[drugs]] are commonly [[drug addiction|misused]]. Planning includes developing strategies for helping children and young people engage with relevant drug-related issues during opportunistic and brief contacts with them as well as during more structured sessions. Drug education enables children and young adults to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes to appreciate the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, promote responsibility towards the use of drugs and relate these to their own actions and those of others, both now and in their future lives. It also provides opportunities for young people to reflect on their own and others' attitudes to drugs, drug usage and drug users. {{double image|right|Templestowe Festival14.jpg|100|Templestowe Festival15.jpg|100|In Australia, life education begins during primary school. This mobile classroom visits community festivals around [[Melbourne]].}} Drug education can be given in numerous forms, some more effective than others. Examples include [[advertising]] and awareness raising campaigns such as the UK Government’s [[FRANK (drugs)|FRANK]] campaign or the US "media campaign".<ref>[http://www.mediacampaign.org/ Media campaign]</ref> In addition there are school based drug education programs like [[Drug Abuse Resistance Education|DARE]] or that currently being evaluated by the UK Blueprint Programme.<ref>[http://www.drugs.gov.uk/young-people/blueprint Blueprint], ''Home office.gov''</ref> Drug education can also take less explicit forms; an example of this is the Positive Futures Programme, funded by the UK government as part of its drug strategy. This programme uses [[sport]] and the [[arts]] as catalysts to engage young people on their own turf, putting them in contact with positive role models (coaches/trained youth workers). After building a trusting relationship with a young person, these role models can gradually change attitudes towards drug use and steer the young person back into education, [[training]] and [[employment]]. This approach reaches young people who have dropped out of mainstream education. It also has additional benefits for the community in reduced [[crime]] and [[anti-social behaviour]].<ref>[http://www.drugs.gov.uk/publication-search/young-people/0607_YPSMPG11 Positive Futures Programme]</ref> ==See also== *[[Alcohol education]] *[[Drug Abuse Resistance Education]] *[[Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Education]] *[[Responsible drug use]] ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{wikibooks|Teaching Elementary School Health Education/Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs}} *[http://www.drugs.gov.uk/young-people/blueprint Blueprint] *[http://www.drugeducationforum.com Drug Education Forum] *[http://www.drugs.gov.uk/publication-search/young-people/0607_YPSMPG11 Positive Futures Programme] *[http://www.talktofrank.com/home_html.aspx Talk to Frank] [[Category:Education by subject]] [[fi:Päihdevalistus]] (i love you and thank you:0)'