2016年CRI Anti-drug Education Part of Compulsory Curriculum in Guiyang

 

Anti-drug education courses have been part of classes at Xintian Nine-year System School in Wudang District of Guiyang for several years.

In the lessons, students are provided with vital information in a variety of ways - through case analysis, group discussion or even by developing and performing short plays.

Pan Weiyu, is a teacher at the school.

"What I will provide my students with is the basic knowledge about drugs. For example, I tell them how to recognize narcotics¹, whether a drug belongs to traditional or a new-type, and also the harm and damage caused by the narcotics. Today I taught my students why people take drugs, and more importantly, how to resist and keep away from them."

Pan Weiyu believes that such courses are of great significance, as juvenile² drug addiction³ is such a major problem. But she adds that students are becoming more and more aware of the need to stay away from harmful narcotics.

"Before, when I talked about drug avoidance with students, they didn't seem to take much notice of the issue. But in recent years, that's changed a lot. Student awareness⁴ of the dangers of drugs has improved greatly, and they are no longer limited to learning about the subject from traditional sources like textbooks."

Apart the special lessons, the school arranges visits from drug rehabilitation⁵ centers or police officers who are involved in anti-narcotics operations, so they can pass on their vital knowledge and experience to those most at risk.

1 narcotics   

n.麻醉药( narcotic的名词复数 )；毒品；毒

参考例句：

• The use of narcotics by teenagers is a problem in many countries. 青少年服用麻醉药在许多国家中都是一个问题。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Police shook down the club, looking for narcotics. 警方彻底搜查了这个俱乐部，寻找麻醉品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 juvenile   

n.青少年，少年读物；adj.青少年的，幼稚的

参考例句：

• For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人，他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
• Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。

3 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

4 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

5 rehabilitation   

n.康复，悔过自新，修复，复兴，复职，复位

参考例句：

• He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
• No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。