The awareness of students of secondary grade elementary school about the causes and consequences of the use of selected addictive substances.

The diploma thesis focuses on the awareness of 2nd grade pupils of the selected primary school about the causes and consequences of the use of selected addictive substances. The work is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part describes the drug scene in the Czech Republic and the drug policy of the Czech Republic, the concepts of drug addiction, physical and mental addiction. The diploma thesis is focused on legal drugs - alcohol, tobacco, caffeine and illegal drugs - specifically on cannabis drugs. The next part of the work deals with addictive problems in children and adolescents and current trends in the use of addictive substances in young people in the Czech Republic according to several studies. At the end of the theoretical part, risk and protective factors influencing the emergence of addiction and risks and the consequences of selected addictive substances are described. The practical part maps the awareness of 2nd grade students of the selected elementary school about the causes and consequences of the use of selected addictive substances before and immediately after my performance in the subject of health education, including the 2nd month interval from the topic. The aim of the practical part was also to point out the low awareness of respondents about the..