Ahead of the strategy's launch early next year, the Department for Children, Schools and Families asked drug prevention charity Mentor UK to consult with young people. The charity interviewed 17 teenagers aged 13 to 16, all of whom wanted schools to play a bigger part in drug awareness and called for statutory drug education lessons.
Several of those interviewed, according to a report based on the interviews, said they had not received any drug education at school. But many of those who did get drug education said too often teachers gave their own opinion, "rather than working with facts" and appeared to "lack knowledge about drugs".
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