Municipal Service Drug Addiction Prevention of the Social Welfare Department has implemented the drug prevention workshops, taught in various primary schools in the municipality, which aim to raise awareness among youth about the dangers of drugs .
These workshops, as reported by the technician in charge, serve as support for a number of programs, driven from this service, you are teaching in schools for four years with the collaboration of teachers and the management teams of the same.
These workshops, which are currently being taught to students in sixth grade, intended to begin to raise awareness among youth about the dangers of drugs.
The workshop is the subject of snuff, and the issue of alcohol consumption.
These workshops sought to provide coping strategies to young people, enabling them to say "no" to snuff and alcohol.
The workshops began to be taught from Year 6 primary, because every time the consumption of alcohol and snuff begin at younger ages.
According to reports from the service, seven of nine primary schools in the municipality have implemented prevention programs, ranging from 2 nd child up to 6 th grade.
These programs promote values education, self esteem, peer pressure, etc.
All of these tools, explained the mayor, Juan Carrion, are needed to achieve slow consumption, and consumption be (something sometimes inevitable), it is minimal and not abusive.
Both programs have continuity workshops in secondary schools, up to 4 º ESO.
Currently all secondary schools are involved in these activities.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana