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THURSDAY, AUGUST 8,
1991
MANDRAX
AS
THE
CANNABIS REPLACED SUBSTANCE AMONG STUDENT DRUG ABUSERS IN 1990, HALCION, MANDRAX AND COUGH MEDICINE.
MOST
ABUSED COMMONLY FOLLOWED BY ROHYPNOL,
OF THE ABUSERS ΤΟ THE
THE SURVEY, HOWEVER, SHOWED THAT LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER REGULAR WERE
PRIOR STUDENTS CLAIMED TO HAVE ABUSED THE SUBSTANCES
IN THE 30 DAYS WHO ABUSED THE SUBSTANCES REGULARLY SURVEY. THIS SHOWED NO INCREASE WHEN COMPARED WITH THE 1987 RESULTS.
TO NOTE THAT
THE GREAT
MAJORITY OF
IT IS ALSO HEARTENING STUDENTS SURVEYED DID NOT APPROVE OF THE NON-MEDICAL USE OF DRUGS AND MORE THAN 60 PER CENT OF THE STUDENT DRUG ABUSERS HAD ALREADY ABUSING THE SUBSTANCES.
CHAIRMAN
STOPPED
OF ACAN,
COMMENTING ON THE SURVEY FINDINGS, THE GERALD CHOA, SAID THE SURVEY HAD PROVIDED A CLEARER INDICATION OF PROBLEM AMONG STUDENTS.
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DR
THE
AT
ITS MEETING
SHOULD EFFORTS
THIS
BE
"TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM, ACAN CONSIDERED
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PUBLICITY AFTERNOON THAT STRENGTHENED," HE ADDED.
AS FAR AS PUBLICITY IS CONCERNED,
A WHOLE SHOULD BE THE COMMUNITY AS YOUNGSTERS.
DR
WITH
CHOA SPECIAL
SAID
THE TARGETS ON EMPHASIS
THE
!
ENDORSED BY ACAN
"THE THEME FOR THE ANTI-DRUG MEDIA STRATEGY FOR 1990/91, WHICH IS STILL BEING USED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, HAS CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE FOR CONTINUED ADOPTION.
"EVERYONE, YOUNGSTERS IN PARTICULAR, SHOULD FOLLOW A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND SAY 'NO' TO ALL DRUGS.
BEEN
BE ENCOURAGED
то
申申
MISS MAUREEN THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, THE NARCOTICS DIVISION WOULD STEP UP ITS PREVENTIVE EDUCATION BY MEANS OF EXTENDING ITS SCHOOL TALK PROGRAMMES EARLY NEXT
TECHNICAL INSTITUTES COVER NOT ONLY SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND PRIMARY 6 STUDENTS.
TO, SAID
EFFORTS
YEAR TO . BUT ALSO
KIT, NOW UNDER YEAR TO ALL SECONDARY THROUGH A
TEACHING "A NEW COMPREHENSIVE DRUG EDUCATION PRODUCTION, WILL BE RELEASED IN OCTOBER THIS SCHOOLS, OUTREACH SOCIAL WORK TEAMS AND INTERESTED PARTIES SERIES OF SEMINARS AND VISITS.
LESSON PLANS FOLLOW-UP EXERCISES, "IT WILL COMPRISE VIDEOS,
STUDENTS AND HELPING THEM AND ADDITIONAL REFERENCE MATERIALS WITH A VIEW TO PROVIDING
THE DRUG ABUSE AND YOUNGSTERS WITH ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DRUGS
ΤΟ SKILLS TO DEVELOP ATTITUDES AND PROBLEM.
FIGHT
WILL ALSO
AGAINST
FOR A GUIDEBOOK ISSUE DIVISION NARCOTICS "THE
FACTS ABOUT EFFECTS PARENTS AND PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL CONTAINING SOME BASIC THEIR LIKE, THEY LOOK WHAT DRUGS WHAT THEY ARE, DANGERS, AND SYMPTOMS RESULTANT FROM THEIR USE.
AND
/"WHEN THE