Two-Step Drug Education in Norway

Abstract

A survey of drug education in Norwegian lower secondary schools showed that almost one-fourth of the programs were based on a two-step model, which is described in this article. The intensive courses were socially successful, and created motivation, enthusiasm, and changes of attitudes. More than 90 percent of the participants carried out the second step of the teaching. There were important differences from one school to another in regard to how the pilot pupils, and their teaching program, were received. They found it difficult to find sufficient time for their programs, and sometimes hard to keep their classmates in order. Most of the classmates found the teaching in the second step interesting, but they had little belief in the preventive effect.