Educate teenagers from Year 7 onwards on the harms of drug use
I would like the government to initiate education schemes to educate teenagers from Year 7 onwards about the harms of drug use (cannibus, vape, etc).
- 07 APR 2025Petition rejectedno-action
The statutory guidance for health education now sets out the following content on drugs, and supplements drug education as a statutory subject in maintained schools as part of the national curriculum for science in key stage 2 and key stage 3: Primary - the facts about legal and illegal harmful substances and associated risks, including smoking, alcohol use and drug-taking. Secondary - building on primary and in addition covers the associated legal and psychological risks of taking drugs. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-10-29/66233 If you would like changes to this, you could start a petition about that.
- 28 FEB 2025Petition created