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Direct linkMcIntosh, James; MacDonald, Fiona; McKeganey, Neil – Health Education, 2004
There is mounting evidence that the age at which children are using and becoming exposed to illegal drugs is declining and that such use and exposure is becoming an increasing problem within pre-teenage populations. This suggests that there is an important role for drug education in primary schools in encouraging and helping young children to…
Descriptors: Drug Education, Narcotics, Drug Use, Student Attitudes
McKeganey, Neil; McIntosh, James; MacDonald, Fiona; Gannon, Maria; Gilvarry, Eilish; McArdle, Paul; McCarthy, Steve – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2004
In this paper we report the results of research on the nature and extent of legal and illegal drug use among preteens and those factors associated with illegal drug use at this young age. The paper is based upon a survey of 2318 ten to twelve year olds in Glasgow and Newcastle. Overall around 30% of children reported having been exposed to illegal…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Marijuana, Drinking, Drug Use
