Sex and drug education - does it work? |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 8:26 am |
| Tags: teens, health promotion, confusing messages, age of consent, education, sex drugs porn alcohol abstinence morals, efsdp |
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02/08/2007 - credit: Communitycare.co.uk - the website for social work and social care professionals (this is remarkably close to the mildgreen hypothesis - creating in ever younger children the illusion that all their peers are doing it, and they cant b******y wait!. What is fundementally broken are the artificial redlines surrounding 'age of consent' issues. We need to enable and not mask self responsibility. /Blair) Children as young as eight years old are taking drugs. Britain has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe. So how effective is our sex and drug education?There are reports in the press this week that according to experts, children as young as six are being treated for addiction to cannabis and are presenting symptoms including paranoia, anxiety, depression and even schizophrenia.It also emerged last September in Scotland that children aged 10-years-old were dealing drugs.Dr Michael Fitzpatrick will suggest in Community Care next week that the rise of drug abuse [ Full article ] |
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