by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Sunday April 25, 2004 @02:00PM (#8965993)
I think that one of the problems with this sort of thing (referencing mainly from drugs are bad things) is that just just block it out. Its like advertising- im not saying adverts never effect me, but the average person sees what, several hundred adverts a day? 99% of them they just ignore.
I remember one time in high school (several years ago) we had a policeman come in to talk to us about drugs. He actually talked to us sensibly, rather than enforcing a "drugs are evil and if you use them youll go to hell" idea.
I cant rememeber most of it, but I do remember 2 things he said: (which is pretty impressive)
a) if you want to do drugs, fine. Do NOT do heroin and cocaine. They will fuck you up. b) Dont inhale sprays. Some girl sprayed aerosol directly into the back of her throat, and the cold caused her throat to contract and she suffocated.
So there you go. Teaching kids the IMPORTANT things, rather than blanket bombing everything you dont like.
It is so important that kids are taught to keep away from the drugs that will actually end their lives... heroin, coke and inhalants.
It's pretty hard to die from any other drug. You have to try. But heroin can even kill a full blown addict, even if he only has half of his regular dose, as each dose acts differently.
The addictive properties of these drugs is other the other problem. Smack and coke are the two that people will rob for. People don't rob a service station
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Anyways, they should just give you a fact sheet or something, and it should not be illegal. If they choose to kill themselves, it was their choice. Teach it without using the word root legal.
In Sweden, where I grew up, we had an ex-junkie come talk to our class about his life a few years earlier. About what his life was like now. About how innocently it had all started. Emotional stuff about his parents. About his friends, the ones who died, the ones who still tried to get him back to his old habits, the girls who fucked for heroin.
He spoke slowly and forgot words. He was clearly fucked up. We _believed_ him - he was real.
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Effective teaching (Score:5, Interesting)
I remember one time in high school (several years ago) we had a policeman come in to talk to us about drugs. He actually talked to us sensibly, rather than enforcing a "drugs are evil and if you use them youll go to hell" idea.
I cant rememeber most of it, but I do remember 2 things he said: (which is pretty impressive)
a) if you want to do drugs, fine. Do NOT do heroin and cocaine. They will fuck you up.
b) Dont inhale sprays. Some girl sprayed aerosol directly into the back of her throat, and the cold caused her throat to contract and she suffocated.
So there you go. Teaching kids the IMPORTANT things, rather than blanket bombing everything you dont like.
Re:Effective teaching (Score:1)
It is so important that kids are taught to keep away from the drugs that will actually end their lives... heroin, coke and inhalants.
It's pretty hard to die from any other drug. You have to try. But heroin can even kill a full blown addict, even if he only has half of his regular dose, as each dose acts differently.
The addictive properties of these drugs is other the other problem. Smack and coke are the two that people will rob for. People don't rob a service station
Re:Effective teaching (Score:2)
Anything that could possibly kill you in a small dose the first time around is a bad thing...
Being smart and doing things in moderation is key...
Re:Effective teaching (Score:1)
Anyways, they should just give you a fact sheet or something, and it should not be illegal. If they choose to kill themselves, it was their choice. Teach it without using the word root legal.
Re:We had a good teacher (Score:2)
He spoke slowly and forgot words. He was clearly fucked up. We _believed_ him - he was real.