A sample of students throughout the nation’s secondary schools will be surveyed in order to learn as much as possible regarding the prevalence of drug use within this sector of the population. The news was released by the National Drug Council, which will conduct the survey.
The survey is an attempt to obtain scientific data that will be used to improve programs focused on education and prevention of drug use. The study is part of an on-going program that is part of the European Union’s “Crime and Security Cooperation Program, and will be coordinated by Cariforum and supported by the Multilateral Cooperation Agency. The effort will be carried out in coordination with the Ministry of Education and cover the entire country.
The press release notes that the survey will be carried out by the Solomon Group, and will be led by Julia Hasbún. This group, in turn, is being trained by the specialist and former boss Of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), Francisco Cumsille. The protocol will follow that laid out in “The Survey of High School Students of the Inter-American System of Uniform Data.”
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Diario Libre
4 February 2019
