Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I: Substance Abuse Prevention and Drug Education: Professional Issues and Concerns of Teachers. Teachers as Agents of Substance Abuse Prevention. Helping At-Risk Children in the Classroom: The Teacher as Surrogate Parent. School Violence and Substance Abuse Prevention. Part II: Theory and Practice in Drug Education and Substance Abuse Prevention. Moral Admonition and Secular Propaganda: Failed Strategies in Substance Abuse Prevention. Current Thought About Substance Abuse Prevention. Social Influences on Drug Use. Part III: Drug Education and Substance Abuse Prevention in Curricular Contexts: Social Policy and Government. Substance Abuse Prevention in the Context of Social Policy. Substance Abuse Prevention in the Context of Social Disillusionment. Substance Abuse Prevention in the Context of Distrust of Politicians and Antigovernment Attitudes. Substance Abuse Prevention in the Context of Drug Policy. Part IV: Drug Education and Substance Abuse Prevention in Curricular Contexts: Art and Culture. Substance Abuse Prevention in the Context of Art and Culture. Substance Abuse Prevention in the Context of Popular Culture. Substance Abuse Prevention in the Context of Cross-Cultural and International Comparison.

About the Author

Sanford Weinstein

Reviews

"Takes substance abuse education out of the exclusive domain of the drug educator or health professor and brings it into the realm of the total curriculum. I applaud the perspective that drug education needs to be addressed in all subject areas as a part of a teacher's responsibility to be receptive to the needs of all students....I also like the honest confrontation of the effectiveness of current drug education programs in the schools. This book is unique in pointing out the weaknesses of the traditional substance abuse education program and the compromising role the critical thinking teacher finds oneself in when teaching that curriculum."
—Peggy Ishler
University of Northern Iowa