Addressing Drug Addiction from Stigma to Support
Drug abuse is a global crisis with devastating consequences. The article highlights the need for comprehensive prevention and treatment programs, focusing on education, early intervention, and human rights.
Few countries have approached the issue of combating narcotics through information and education; in Latin America we have forgotten to incorporate aggressive programs in the educational system to alert young people about drugs, what they are, their uses and what their consequences are, says in an interview José Antonio Álvarez León, a professor of the Law program at the Faculty of Higher Studies (FES) Acatlán of the UNAM.
Although some subjects related to health are included in the study plans and programs, the programs must be even more incisive, in addition to intensifying campaigns in the media. “If we are genuinely interested in young people, we would have to remind them through both channels, school and the media, on a permanent basis, of the exponential risk that drugs pose to their health and their lives.”
