Fixing What's Wrong With Drug Education in Schools Show #2 October 14, 2006

A recent survey conducted by Join Together a program of the Boston University School of Public Health shows that few teachers believe that alcohol and other drug prevention programs work.  Only 2 percent of more than 3,700 respondents felt that their school-based prevention programs were effective.  The report says that teachers are skeptical of the prevention programs they deliver.  It goes on to say that teachers cite the need more relevant study materials, more time to do prevention, more support, and more training. 

Although more training and enhanced study materials would certainly do no harm, how does this change the current destructive belief permeating our schools and our culture that drug prevention doesn't work?  It is not a matter of more time, more study materials, or more training, but a need for a fundamental change in how we define prevention, set prevention goals, and understand how children adopt and reinforce healthy and unhealthy behaviors.

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