Chrizum on 21 December 2012
| Mr Khan said: The anti-drug movement has really gone through some growing pains, as anything from the 80s or early 90s will attest. I like the current "above the influence" campaign better. It doesn't create the atmosphere of fear like the older stuff, but just tries to tell kids that there's better stuff you can be doing with your time, and that it really is easy to just say no. |
Agreed, there's not that much to drugs. Sure, they can be fun and even meaningful occasionally, and many youngsters will try some if it sooner or later. But the correct attitude should be "You'd better not use drugs, drugs aren't all that. If you really want to try something, make sure you know what you're taking and to keep it safe. And most importantly: keep it limited to only a couple of times at most. It has no positives whatsoever to use drugs regularly"
I think such an attitude will have more effect in the long haul than the overly dramatized "don't do drugs they will kill you!" nonsense.
