Harm reduction only practical message
Harm reduction may be the only practical message for universal drugs education, in the later stages of secondary education.
The only sensible message for universal drugs education, in the later years of secondary education at least, is one that has harm reduction as its main objective.

Where drugs education is delivered to whole secondary school classes, the message can and should be more complex than it is in primary school. A good first line of argument may still be that it is safer not to take drugs at all and, if a pupil is not doing it already, he or she should start..

But at this stage drugs education should acknowledge that a substantial minority of pupils will actually have started to experiment and that they need therefore to know how to manage their experimentation as safely as possible. In addition, a small minority of pupils may already be having problems with drugs. Presenting drug use as something with stigma and shame attached to it will discourage them from acknowledging that they may have a problem. Instead they need to be told where they can get help.
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Drugs Policy in the UK »Drugs Policy in the UK
What drugs policy measures are open to the UK? »What drugs policy measures are open to the UK?
Reduce demand for drugs »Reduce demand for drugs
Improve drugs education »Improve drugs education
Aim secondary education at reducing harm »Aim secondary education at reducing harm
Harm reduction only practical message
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