Performance on Prevention and Correction of Drug Addiction in Schools at Paordonchai Tambon Municipality Mueang Chiang Rai District, Chiang Rai Province

Abstract

          The purposes of this research were to study the existing performance, problems, and suggestions for prevention and correction of drug addiction in schools at  of  Paordonchai Municipality Mueang Chiang Rai District, Chiang Rai Province. Samples were included 110 of administrators, teachers and students leaders responsible for drug prevention programs.The questionnaires were developed for data collection. The statistics applied for data analysis were descriptive statistics.

          The findings were: 1) The state of prevention and correction on problems of drug addiction in ducational institutes were practiced at high levels in the aspects of management, cooperation of related personnel, epidemic surveillance on prevention and correction on drug addiction and helping and providing opportunities for students were moderate levels. 2) Problems on prevention and correction of drug addiction were cooperation of related personnel, lacking of budget, student control, personnel experiences, education, environmental support and alternative therapy for prevention and correction on drug addiction. 3) Suggestions for prevention and correction of drug addiction in educational institutes, that there should be applied participation action by the people in and outside the schools. There should be evaluated to identify addictor; support for academic activities and campaigns to propagate the effects of drug addiction, control the students' behaviours; and seeking for cooperations from the parents to look after their children closely.