Drug Awareness Training



Drug Awareness Training Evaluation

Introduction

Drugs can be defined as a group of substances of different organic or chemical nature that have hallucinogenic, stimulant or depressant effects on the central nervous system, misuse of some of which may harm the body. Frequent usage of drug becomes addiction and this addiction is a disease whose hallmarks are the psychic and physical dependence (breaking) when the person has uncontrolled and uncontrollable desire to constant use of drug substances causing the cavity. The broader definition of drug can be Narcotic Drugs (narcotics) are called substance which has a specific (activated, a sedative, hallucinogenic) effects on the CNS has the capacity to cause pathological addiction, and nonmedical use of the substance is characterized by high prevalence and social adverse effects. Severe drug addiction can cause opiates and barbiturates, alcohol and nicotine (Kreske, 2008). Stimulants (cocaine, amphetamine, methamphetamine), cause severe psychological dependence. Opposing views exist as to whether the ability to cause dependence in these psychedelics like LSD, mescaline and psilocybin. The core focus of this paper is to discuss the core aspects of training program concerning drug awareness. In addition to this, the evaluation of the drug awareness training within the organization will also be discussed in an effective manner.

Importance of Drug Awareness Training Program

A drug prevention program enhances protective factors to prevent and reverse or reduce risk factors. Becoming a drug abuser depends on the different type of risk factors and the their proactive factors, the risk factors are classify as the attitudes of the individuals and their different aggressive behavior and the protective factors includes the emotional bonding and support by the parents etc ,these risk factors and proactive factors changes from individual to individual with the changes in their ages. For instance, the risk factors in the family have a major impact on a child, while the relationship with peers who use drugs can be a most important risk factor for an teenager Early involvement with risk factors like the violent behavior and weak self-control has a larger impact than later involvement by changing the course of the child's life away from problems and toward positive behaviors and attitudes. Although these risk factors and protection can affect group of people, these factors have a different effect on different people depending on their age, sex, race, culture and environment. The purpose of the prevention programs is to aware the people of all types of drug abuses, like the use of legal drugs (e.g., the snuff or alcohol), use of illegal drugs (for instance marijuana or heroin), and inappropriate use of legally obtained substances (e.g., inhalants), prescription drugs, or who do not require a prescription. Prevention programs tell the type of drug abuse problem in the local community, which risk factors, should be cured and modified and strengthen the protective factors that are known. Prevention programs is designed to give the awareness about the risks specific to the characteristics of the people like age, gender, and culture to improve the effectiveness of ...