Drug education in schools: laying the foundation for drug abuse prevention

Preventive drug education is the cornerstone in the combat against drug use, particularly in efforts to insulate the younger generations from succumbing to the lures of drugs. This paper elaborates the conceptual/theoretical framework for drug education in schools which includes the various effective approaches and essential components that are considered to be of paramount importance for effective preventive drug education in schools. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/ijptsud.v1i2.7703 International Journal of Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders 2014;1(2):98-10