The following is the Drug Education Forum’s response to the government’s PSHE education review. Our response focuses on the issues for drug education as part of PSHE education. The Drug Education Forum supports the delivery of drug education as part of the PSHE education curriculum, but believes that there are specific issues that the review …
The Drug Education Forum has a history of supporting the development of practice and policy. These papers have been produced with the aim of helping those engaged in practice to address issues that we believe are important to meeting the needs of children and young people. Download all the papers and presentation. The principles of …
What Is The Drug Education Forum The Drug Education Forum is a forum of national organisations committed to improving the practice and profile of drug education in England. We hope this website contributes to that aim. We believe that drug education should help children and young people develop their knowledge about drugs, their skills in …
A research paper on social norms written by John McAlaney, Bridgette Bewick and Clarissa Hughes sets out the international development of social norms in drug education and prevention. The paper looks at the increasing use of social norms in correcting young peoples’ misperceptions regarding alcohol consumption over the last twenty years. Whilst outlining the theoretical approaches the paper looks at …
Our world is full of stress, and people deal with it in different ways. In 2023, many Americans smoke weed or consume THC edibles. And many of them wonder, does delta-8 show up on a drug test? The answer is – yes, it does. But there are different layers you must understand before arriving at …
If you’re anticipating a urinalysis test and there is a possibility of failing the screening, you’ve certainly asked the all-too-familiar question: how to pass a urine drug test? Stories of people who submitted a “clean” sample from a friend only to end up getting fired are quite common. You’re also bound to come across a …
THC is the primary ingredient in wax pens. Marijuana utilization has become more popular and frequent in the recent times; possibly to mitigate the nervousness and stress associated with rapidly evolving world. However, before using marijuana, a user should be aware of how long weed remains in their system because the strength of each strain …
Drug Education Forum have reproduced a speech that Iain Duncan Smith gave to the Centre for Social Justice. He argues: Drugs education programmes, such as Talk to Frank, have failed on prevention and intervention, instead progressively focussing on harm reduction and risk minimisation, which can be counter-productive. The piece goes on to say that the CSJ are …
The Drug Education Forum offers our reports and articles to you. Looking for the best articles to read? Browse this list of interesting articles and essays on topics like health, drug testing, types of drug tests and more. This one deals with random drug testing. Here you can read the report about random drug testing …
You may ask, “what can cause a false positive on a drug test?” To answer this, you must first understand what false positives mean. False positives refer to a test result that inaccurately indicates a certain substance, attribute, or condition is present. You can also refer to a false positive as a mistake in a …