...to educate a kid on drugs.
Questions I urge you to answer or at least consider prior to reading: How did I learn about drugs? How does society define a drug? Do I agree with harsh penalities when people are convicted of "drug related crime"? Happy New Year to all! After reading Dr. Carl Hart's book, High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self - Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society in the summer of 2013, I felt compelled to share my thoughts on this serious issue. As an educator, I feel we should revisit the topic of drugs in schools and the consequences students face when they violate "no tolerance" policies, specifically surrounding drugs. Did you use drugs in your youth? Do you feel experimentation as an adolescent is a part of growing up? It is...I am not just saying words. In the nearly 7 years I have spent in higher education learning how to be a valuable educator for secondary students, I have had to take several courses relating to...