"Just Once? Addiction Starts with One Touch" Gyeongnam Office of Education Conducts Drug Prevention Education

Gyeongnam Office of Education recently conducted drug prevention education for adolescents amid the occurrence of drug beverage crimes in the Gangnam academy district.

According to the provincial Office of Education, the education took place on the 20th at Myeonggok Girls' Middle School in Changwon, inviting a pharmacist from the Gyeongnam Anti-Drug Movement Headquarters.

Pharmacist Bang So-young from the Gyeongnam Pharmaceutical Association explained harmful substances including drugs that can be encountered in daily life or through social networking services (SNS).

Pharmacist Bang So-young of the Gyeongnam Pharmaceutical Association is explaining addictive drugs during a drug prevention education session for adolescents.
[Photo by Gyeongnam Office of Education]

Pharmacist Bang informed about ▲types of harmful substances for adolescents such as alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drugs, and hallucinogens ▲effects of harmful substances on the body ▲reasons for addiction to harmful substances, and introduced the dangers of harmful substances and ways to resist their temptation.

The provincial Office of Education has been conducting expert-invited drug prevention education since 2021 through a business agreement with the Gyeongnam Pharmaceutical Association, in response to the increase in drug offenders among teenagers through internet transactions.

They are implementing △two annual sessions of drug prevention education in all schools ▲teacher training to enhance the quality of drug prevention education ▲collaboration with specialized institutions such as the Gyeongnam Pharmaceutical Association, National Bugok Mental Hospital, and Integrated Addiction Management Support Center ▲and fostering parent support groups for adolescent harmful substance prevention.

Ha Jeong-hwa, Director of the Department of Physical Education, Arts, and Health, said, “To prevent drug use that can start out of curiosity or lead to addiction after just one use, the educational community will work together to strive for a healthy and safe Gyeongnam education.”

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