Drug addiction prevention as a guarantee of public security

This article discusses the problem which is related to drugs using among younger people. Also we were trying to find out the best ways and methods of working with pupils, to reach the best results of drug addiction prevention. For that reason, there was made a questionnaire with specific questions and was given to the first-year students of Klaipeda and Mykolas Riomeris universities. 270 students were surveyed. (119 from KU, 151 from MRU). The aim of this survey – to compare, how the current first-year students who were pupils in their past assess the information about drugs and drug addiction, presentation, theme, the place and time of occupations and the number of participants. Such kind of a task, like drug addiction prevention between pupils, executes for a long period of time on the Faculty of Public Security in the Mykolas Romeris University. Much experience was accumulated. So it was interesting to know the reaction of former pupils, also their opinion on drug addiction prevention. After disposing the survey some interesting things were found out. We present them in our conclusions: – pupils would like to know more about consequences of drugs using; – pupils would like the doctors and police officers to talk more about it; – also, pupils when getting information, would like to get it with thematic films and photos related to drugs; – the most part of pupils would like to carry out conversations about drug addiction in a special room; – the opinion of the pupils must help to prevent the drug addiction better; – almost 70 percent of the respondents agreed with the strengthening of the role of security employees and other employees of the club at the places of youth entertainment. 25 percent of the respondents approved the strengthening of the role of the police. They presented a lot of means, which could be applied by the police at night clubs of their approaches.Tyrimo duomenys buvo apdoroti SPSS programa (13 versija), pasirinktas reikšmingumo lygmuo p ne daugiau 0,05. Iš pateiktų 7 temų apie narkotines medžiagas moksleiviai daugiausiai dėmesio skyrė temoms apie narkotikų vartojimo pasekmes ir narkotikų vartojimo požymius. Sekančiose vietose liko temos: narkotikų rūšys, gydymas nuo priklausomybės, narkotikų vartojimo būdai. Pirmoje vietoje abiejų miestų mokiniai norėtų klausytis gydytojų, antroje- policijos darbuotojų. Į 3 ir 4 vietas pateko mokyklų sveikatos specialistai ir mokyklų psichologai. Iš visų informacijos pateikimo formų respondentai prioritetus atidavė teminių filmų narkotikų tema ir fotonuotraukų iš narkomanų gyvenimo peržiūrai. Apie 70 proc. respondentų pritarė apsaugos darbuotojų ir kitų klubo darbuotojų darbo vaidmens sustiprinimui jaunimo pasilinksminimo vietose. Policijos vaidmens sustiprinimui pritarė apie 25 proc. respondentų. Jie pateikė visą eilę priemonių, kurias galėtų taikyti policija naktinio pasilinksminimo įstaigose ar jų prieigose. Šio tyrimo medžiaga gali būti naudinga specialistams ir pareigūnams, dirbantiems prevencini darbą