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Child Health: Drug education to start in Year One
By Melanie Defries,
Nursery World,
6 March 2008
Children as young as five will be taught about drugs in their first year at primary school, under new plans unveiled by the Government last week.
The ten-year anti-drugs strategy involving the Home Office, the Department of Health and the DCSF, aims to prevent abuse and help addicts to stop. It will also focus on families where parents misuse drugs, intervene early to prevent harm to children, prioritise parents' access to treatment where children are at risk, provide intensive parenting guidance and support family members such as grandparents who take on caring duties. In Key Stage 1 children will learn about being safe with medicines and household...
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