The successes and drawbacks of drug education within secondary schools from an adolescent viewpoint via co-production

我的研究重点是中学内的非法毒品教育。将通过对有关药物政策的文件分析和以儿童为中心的研究方法来审查其目前的效力。这项研究的目的是：了解不同背景的学校如何教育青少年学生有关毒品，其用途和危害。通过同伴访谈和其他以儿童为中心的方法，从青少年（14-16岁）的角度理解和评价药物教育。影响未来的药物教育政策，以确保青少年在使用药物方面做出明智的选择。与教育有关的禁毒运动有着悠久的历史，从“说不”到新的10年毒品计划，以尽量减少与毒品有关的犯罪和死亡。该计划的一部分是对儿童进行关于吸毒危险的“全面”教育（从伤害到希望：2021年减少犯罪和拯救生命的10年毒品计划）。目前接受的教育没有标准化，取决于学校的风气，他们如何教学以及哪些内容被视为相关。一项纵向研究的新研究显示，10%的青少年在17岁时服用过A类药物，三分之一的青少年尝试过大麻，因此有必要重新评估药物教育（Fitzsimons & Villadsen，2021）。主要的研究将在英格兰中部和东南部的中学完成，在那里我通过以前的工作与学校有联系。这项研究的一个关键方面是以儿童为中心的方法和共同制作。这是参与者积极参与研究过程的地方，这在讨论敏感话题（如药物使用）或与独特的参与者群体（如青少年）合作时可能很有用（Koro-Ljungberg，Bussing & Cornwell，2010）。这对我的研究很重要，因为青少年有自己的代理机构，因此他们对研究有自己的理解（Morrow，2008）。通过与参与者一起进行研究，他们的代理和自我话语得到了解决，创造了参与和塑造他们的药物教育的意愿（Koro-Ljungberg，Bussing & Cornwell，2010）。

My research focuses on illegal drug education within secondary schools. Its current effectiveness will be reviewed through documentary analysis of relevant drug policies and child centred research methods. This research will aim to: Understand how schools of different backgrounds educate teenage students about drugs, their uses, and their harms. Understand and evaluate drug education from a teenage (14-16) viewpoint via peer interviews and other child-centred methods with co-production. Influence future drug education policies to ensure teens are making educated choices surrounding drug use.There is a long history of anti-drug campaigns relating to education, from 'Just Say No' to the new 10-year drugs plan to minimise drug related crime and death. Part of this plan is a 'comprehensive' education for children on the dangers of drug use (From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives, 2021). The current education received is not standardised and depends on the school's ethos, how they teach and what content is viewed as relevant. With new research from a longitudinal study showing that 10% of adolescents have taken a Class A drug by the time they are 17, and a third of adolescents have tried cannabis, there is a need to re-evaluate drug education (Fitzsimons & Villadsen, 2021). The primary research will be completed in secondary schools in both the midlands and Southeast England, where I have connections to schools through previous employment. A key aspect of this study is the child-centred methods and co-production. This is where participants are actively involved in the research process, which can be useful when discussing sensitive topics such as drug use, or working with unique participant groups, such as adolescents (Koro-Ljungberg, Bussing & Cornwell, 2010). This is important for my research as adolescents have their own agency and therefore their own understanding of research (Morrow, 2008). By producing research alongside participants, their agency and self-discourse is addressed, creating willingness to participate and shape their drug education (Koro-Ljungberg, Bussing & Cornwell, 2010).