Hello, it's all in the title, really: I'm in the UK, and I remember what I was taught as being a majority of urban myths (apparently, just one 'bad' Ecstasy pill could kill me stone dead!) and the likes, which didn't paint much of a picture of drugs as anything but bizarre and curious, and I'd like to teach all about the problems that drugs can cause - addiction and dependency, withdrawal, loss of friends, family and lovers, forced into life of crime to continue else face the music and the pain, etc.
Can any of you who've successfully managed to break into such teaching work give me any advice on the matter? I imagine that schools and so-on would consult an independent party who'd arrange for someone, if not multiple people, to visit their institution at a particular day in the year and show various media, provide certain information in the form of pamphlets, photographs and so-on; if it's offered only by the Police or I'd have to prove myself to the police is unlikely to work very well...
However, I'm ultimately very curious about it all, and if I could help children learn more about the dangers of drugs, rather than to become either fascinated by them (my case) or filled up with urban-myths and ridiculous, scientific impossibilities (other cases), then I'd love to hear what you have to say.
Thanks. %)
Can any of you who've successfully managed to break into such teaching work give me any advice on the matter? I imagine that schools and so-on would consult an independent party who'd arrange for someone, if not multiple people, to visit their institution at a particular day in the year and show various media, provide certain information in the form of pamphlets, photographs and so-on; if it's offered only by the Police or I'd have to prove myself to the police is unlikely to work very well...
However, I'm ultimately very curious about it all, and if I could help children learn more about the dangers of drugs, rather than to become either fascinated by them (my case) or filled up with urban-myths and ridiculous, scientific impossibilities (other cases), then I'd love to hear what you have to say.
Thanks. %)