Awareness of the students at the elementary school in the issue of drugs

Aim of this bachelor's thesis is to assess what level of drug awareness and knowledge pupils at second stage of elementary school have. The thesis is divided into two main parts. The first part is theoretical and covers the history and present of the drug scene, basic terminology, types of drugs, their effects and risks. Afterwards drug abuse signs and risk factors for addiction are described. This part of the thesis focuses also on a drug prevention, mainly in school education. The second, practical part presents two chosen schools (Elementary School in Domažlice, Komenského 17 and Elementary school in Mrákov) and their drug prevention programs (describing their forms, methods and cooperation with external specialists). Based on quantitative methodology, a survey was conducted to assess the drug awareness and knowledge (incl. alcohol and cigarettes) of 8th and 9th grade pupils of above mentioned schools. The survey was also focused on how well pupils are able to evaluate the risk of drug use and what attitude towards drugs they have