Primary prevention of drug addiction at elementary schools

Drugs and their use are major problem of today's world and even our country does not avoid this issue. Unfortunately, over time, we can see around us more and younger drug users, while also children (especially primary school pupils) are not any exception. Effective prevention activities and regulation of the influences acting on drug use are the only tools to prevent or at least limit the phenomenon of drug use among children from primary schools. Thesis deals with drugs, drug addiction and the effects that drug use affects. Above all, the work focuses on primary prevention and the programs implemented in primary schools. It is evident that there is necessary to get the pupils acquainted with problems of drugs and the consequences of their use as soon as possible. The thesis is divided into two main parts. The first part deals with the drugs and their problems and generally provides sophisticated information. In the second part there is analyzed research conducted in selected schools in Písek region. The research has focused on primary school pupils knowledge about drugs, their experiences with drugs and the prevention activities implemented in their schools. Then the research results are evaluated at the end and put into relation with the general theoretical information