This autumn over 700,000 new high school entrants will find ready access to every illegal drug - from friends. Every secondary school has a drugs problem. Every classroom is affected whether teachers realise it or not. Some pupils are suffering after effects of drug-taking almost every day. The 'pusher at the gate' is a myth.
Pupils usually get drugs from friends.
Too many schools lessons on drugs actually encourage use because they give facts in a moral vacuum. In Britain and many other nations Christians have been at the cutting edge of developing new care services and of prevention. It is well known that strong faith is linked to lower addiction levels and that a profound conversion experience is often followed by successful rehabilitation. Centres like Yeldall Manor have set a national standard for professionalism in a non-judgmental environment, with Christian values shaping the organisation but not rammed down people's throats. There is a grave shortage of decent rehab facilities in Britain today.