02446cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000430011324500380015626400510019430000470024533600260029233700260031833800360034450000310038050800990041152014100051053400450192065300390196565300680200485600430207299900170211537097UtSlPG20260610133839.0mcr n260607r2011||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aHV1 aUnited States. Department of Education10aWhat Works: Schools Without Drugs 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2011 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aRelease date is 2011-08-15 aProduced by Curtis Weyant and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net a"What Works: Schools Without Drugs" by the United States Department of Education is a comprehensive guide on drug prevention in educational settings written in the mid-1980s. The publication addresses the pervasive issue of drug and alcohol abuse among school-age youth, providing practical strategies for parents, educators, and communities to foster drug-free environments in schools. It emphasizes the urgent need to educate children on the dangers of drugs and to establish policies that effectively eliminate drug presence on school campuses. The opening of the work outlines the alarming statistics of drug use among students, detailing how this issue spans various demographics and educational stages, even extending to elementary schools. It presents testimonials from educators and students alike, highlighting the detrimental effects of drug use on academic achievement and overall student well-being. The introduction sets the tone for the text by detailing the societal responsibility to protect children from drugs and asserting that collaboration among parents, schools, and communities is essential to create resilient, drug-free educational environments. Recommendations for preventative measures, monitoring drug use, and enforcing strict school policies against drug possession and use are presented as central themes to the book's purpose. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nOriginal publication data not identified aYouth -- Drug use -- United States aDrug abuse -- Prevention -- Study and teaching -- United States40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37097 c77937d77937