Drug Education
An Abrogation of Professional Responsibility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11228089 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jakub Kraus (0000-0002-3123-3507, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-61 |
| Publication date | 1979-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1979.tb00640.x |
| OpenAlex | W2255270648 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
Findings of research (conducted mainly by outsiders of the programs) have accumulated, which showed that the dissemination of drug knowledge not only does not prevent but could actually encourage drug experimentation by juveniles. Although a new ideology, which stresses education about ‘effective living’ instead of about drugs, has been propagated for a number of years now, its presumed prophylactic effects have yet to be demonstrated by its supporters. It is argued here that a continued reliance by professionals on empirically unvalidated educational programs, based on common sense and intuitive notions, constitutes an abrogation of professional responsibility; also, that at the present state of knowledge, the cutting off of drug supplies and possibly an attenuation of drug related publicity might be the only effective measures for primary and secondary prevention of drug abuse by children and juveniles
Drug · Drug education · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Project commissioning · Psychiatry · Public relations · Publicity · Publishing · Sociology · State (computer science · Substance abuse · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Education Discipline and Inequality · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · Pharmacology
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1980 - 2005 (26) |
| Highly cited | No |