Drug use in the Educational Centre Inmaculada Concepción in the city of Caaguazu

Abstract

This paper covers the use of drugs in educational institutions in the city of Caaguazú, in order to identify the prevalence of cunsumption in basic education students. The educational Centre Inmaculada Concepción was taken as reference for the present study, in order to clasify the reasons why juveniles take illegal substances, and also to determine the degree of knowledge the teachers have about the risk on the use of drugs, and to define the role they have for appropriate approach. The methodology is quantitative with deductive method, specific questions and goal were raised, this paper includes statistical analysis with standard and numerical measure of the results, which anable to universalize them, by means of the representative samples. The study is descriptive, and cross-sectional. It can be said that 80 to 90 percent of the surveyed teenagers, of ages ranging from 14 to 17, use or have used drugs. The causes of use have not been crearly identified, although it can be said that there are some influencing factors, such as vulnerability and lack of attention of the parents. In spite of all the advices and advertisements about the theme, drug use in teenagers starts at a very early age with alcohol and tobacco. The way to get them is simple, and even with family members and significant others. Thus, it is possible to conclude, in first place, that the teachers have a general but not specifical knowledge about drug use, which makes them feel powerless over this reality within the institution, they also state to know about protection laws, but not about strategies to apply them. It can be also said that they do not count with academic preparation, neither with the authority to approach this topic. In turn, the institution principal admits to not have enough training and education to approach this problem. It is proven that the situation at the institution is real, and it affects not only teenagers and their families, but it has become a problem for the entire society.