Six Key Features of Success for Community-Based Drug Education Programs
The key features that result in successful community-based intervention on drug abuse are integrated for effectiveness and efficiency. Collaboration, teamwork, availability, reliability, time discipline, and consistency are size key features that ensure success for the intervention programs. Through the availability and reliability of involved stakeholders, the initiatives advance stipulated goals-against drug abuse (Edalati & Conrod, 2019).
Regions that record a high prevalence of substance use require collaboration and teamwork among community members, the authorities, and academic administrators for overcoming rising cases among teenagers. Most notably, the six key features are integrated strategically and coherently to achieve time discipline when implementing community intervention programs.
Community Consequences of Drug Abuse
Drug abuse results in significant consequences on communities experiencing high prevalence among teenagers and young adults. For example, affected areas record many incidences of insecurity as abusers seek funds for buying the drugs. Incidences of street mugging and public violence also rise exponentially around residential areas without proactive intervention programs (Edalati & Conrod, 2019). Communities also experience increased homelessness as drug addicts sell household items and assets to cater for the drugs. This is common when abuses advance to addiction levels which require drugs consistently without failure. Furthermore, drug abuse results in immorality among community members who engage in economic practices found unethical and inconsistent with outline societal or religious values.
Difference between Drug Abuse and Drug Misuse
In addition, several differences exist between the acts of substance misuse and drug abuse. On the one hand, drug misuse refers to individuals who take drugs for treating a specific condition without consulting an expert. In this context, the intention justifies drug misuse since the act occurs periodically (Edalati & Conrod, 2019). On the other hand, drug abuse refers to the consumption of substances that elicit particular feelings and emotions. This is common among teenagers and young adults exposed to negative peer pressure from friends and classmates. Essentially, the act occurs as abusers seek to maintain the excitement, feeling, or emotions from taking the drug.
Reference
Edalati, H., & Conrod, P. J. (2019). A review of personality-targeted interventions for prevention of substance misuse and related harm in community samples of adolescents. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9, 770-779. Web.