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I'm planning to research how drug education effects someones perspective of drugs. Usually you go through primary school seeing older people doing drugs (celebrities, family, TV etc) but you listen to what your told in primary school mostly that drugs are generally bad (at least thats what I thought...I was never gonna touch drugs). Then you hit high school and there seems to be different crowds some choosing to do drugs others despising it. Where the drug users considred popular, drop-outs or what? Everyone has their own perspective and I want to find out what peoples perspectives were before drug education, after drug education and
Also expectations of drugs and how these expectations were met.
How did you percieve drug users before you entered their world?
Also if can tell me whether your initial introduction to drugs through education from a zero tolerance, or harm minimization perspective.
When I was growing up and hit high school year seven was spent getting used to school. The popular group all smoked weed. Started drinking near the end and began to understood the reason people enjoyed the intoxication rather then it just being described as bad for health. Then I changed to a private school in year 8 where there was a completely different perspective on drugs. Drugs were discouraged a lot with a zero tolerance take on the school and people wern't proud to do drugs. Stoners were paid out etc. I always thought ecstasy as being a crazy drug comparable to heroin until I later had some research before eventually trying it in yr 11. My perspective I think was dramatically changed when i first got stoned in about year 9 and realized that these illicit drugs wern't nearly as bad as I had percieved and I also was able to devalue the myths about how bad drugs were for your health (They are but media exaggerates it). I think drug education sort of inspired me to experiment more as it introduced me to many drugs I had never even heard of as well.
When I was really young I honestly thought drugs just killed braincells and couldn't understand why people would do it. Then I saw movies where people were intoxicated acting stupid and stumbling around looking sick and wondered why people would want to get sick from drinking poison (Alcahol). Although I still don't hold too much respect for alcahol its interesting.
Basically any info on views before drug education and after. Greatly appreciated, there has been a similar topic i found about drugs in school at http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=101128&highlight=drug+education
that discussed drug use in their school but I want to focus more around perspectives and drug education Any views and feedback appreciated
Also expectations of drugs and how these expectations were met.
How did you percieve drug users before you entered their world?
Also if can tell me whether your initial introduction to drugs through education from a zero tolerance, or harm minimization perspective.
When I was growing up and hit high school year seven was spent getting used to school. The popular group all smoked weed. Started drinking near the end and began to understood the reason people enjoyed the intoxication rather then it just being described as bad for health. Then I changed to a private school in year 8 where there was a completely different perspective on drugs. Drugs were discouraged a lot with a zero tolerance take on the school and people wern't proud to do drugs. Stoners were paid out etc. I always thought ecstasy as being a crazy drug comparable to heroin until I later had some research before eventually trying it in yr 11. My perspective I think was dramatically changed when i first got stoned in about year 9 and realized that these illicit drugs wern't nearly as bad as I had percieved and I also was able to devalue the myths about how bad drugs were for your health (They are but media exaggerates it). I think drug education sort of inspired me to experiment more as it introduced me to many drugs I had never even heard of as well.
When I was really young I honestly thought drugs just killed braincells and couldn't understand why people would do it. Then I saw movies where people were intoxicated acting stupid and stumbling around looking sick and wondered why people would want to get sick from drinking poison (Alcahol). Although I still don't hold too much respect for alcahol its interesting.
Basically any info on views before drug education and after. Greatly appreciated, there has been a similar topic i found about drugs in school at http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=101128&highlight=drug+education
that discussed drug use in their school but I want to focus more around perspectives and drug education Any views and feedback appreciated