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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.

¿

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