| Show Utah Drug Project Enters Final Phase State Board of Education officials have received word that the fourth and final year of Utah's Drug Abuse Education Prevention Project has been The U. S. Office of Education grant for will bring the total amount spent on drug education in Utah to A REPORT issued by Robert L. Physical and Recreation Specialist with the Utah State Board of indicates that this year's funding will be used to continue basic drug education programs and workshops and to develop curriculum guidelines based on the experience of the first three According to the all project activities during the last three years have emphasized the aspects of drug education such as humanizing the and acceptable alternatives to drug HAVE said Leake the more technical aspects of drug education such as chemical makeup and the toxic effects of narcotics do little to discourage The four-year grant has provided for a variety of drug prevention and education During for a state team for in-service leadership was trained at the National Drug Training Center in San The team then trained regional teams who in turn brought drug education techniques and information to local school In twenty-two regional workshops were held which involved thirty-six of Utah's school t fN the primary focus of the was the funding of pilot drug prevention programs in twenty-six schools located in six separate school In pilot for known drug users were offered a high risk alternative to drug use in the form of a trip down the Colorado THE experiment seemed to indicate that at least these regular drug users were not able to accept alternatives to their drug problems and were heavily involved in the drug At another forty senior high school held a retreat with counselors and educators in order to work towards a cooperative solution to drug Other school projects included an where students could gather after school a program to involve more students in leadership and work and the offering of socially acceptable alternatives to the of drug ALONG WITH these a statewide survey to disclose the extent of drug usage among Utah students and their attitudes toward the drug scene was Some student participated in the This last year similar pilot drug education programs were initiated in six new districts involving fifty-four FUTURE planning calls for the distribution of curriculum guidelines to be developed this year for use on the classroom |
