ERIC Number: EJ814931
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Mar
Pages: 7
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Should Inhalants Be Included in Australian School-Based Drug Education?
MacLean, Sarah
Youth Studies Australia, v26 n1 p25-31 Mar 2007
This article questions whether inhalants should continue to be excluded from school-based drug education curricula in Australia. It argues that rationales provided for such a policy in Victoria are, in the main, not supported by recent research. The Australian evidence-base about drug education makes it difficult to predict the outcomes of providing young people with education about any form of drug use, not just inhalants. Nonetheless, a strong case may be made (particularly in disadvantaged communities) for policy change on this issue. (Contains 2 endnotes.)
Descriptors: Drug Education, Drug Use, Inhalants, Foreign Countries, Curriculum, Outcomes of Education, Prediction, Educational Policy, Disadvantaged
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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