The advice, launched by Scottish Education Minister Sam Galbraith, has been drawn up to ensure all teachers know exactly how to respond if faced with the problem of drug misuse among pupils. Information packs with details of how to identify drugs users and what to do with discarded needles will be distributed to all Scottish schools.
Drugs misuse touches the lives of far too many young people.
We need to offer young people advice on how to resist drugs but also our protection if they succumb. They need to know how to deal with allegations of drug misuse in and out of school, how to recognise the symptoms of drug misuse in pupils and what to do about needles and other equipment that users leave lying around in or near school grounds. And pupils need to know that they will be safe if someone else is involved in an incident and clear about what is likely to happen if they are the ones involved. These guidelines will go a long way to providing that information for all. Particularly in an area like this, they're not going to come across such problems.