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Drugsline’s School’s Outreach Education Programme sends outreach workers, many of whom have themselves experienced substance addiction, directly into the classrooms of schools across London.
The Outreach Programme educates young people about addiction and the consequences of alcohol and drug abuse. Students are presented with powerful, hard-hitting evidence of the damage that drugs can cause - with the view that prevention is better than cure.
Drugsline’s response to the report provoked a national television appearance by Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin, Director of Drugsline, who appeared on BBC One O’clock News on Thursday September 15th to discuss the issue of drugs education and Drugsline’s outreach work.
Soon after, Darren Gold, Outreach Team Leader, appeared on BBC News 24, alongside a representative from the British Liver Foundation, to discuss the effectiveness of drugs education and the ways in which it could be improved.
Darren also took part in live interviews on LBC Radio and BBC Radio 5Live to share his views on the story.
Both Rabbi Sufrin and Darren spoke eloquently and passionately on behalf of Drugsline and voiced relevant and topical concerns.
Rabbi Sufrin said: “Drugsline’s outreach education is unique in that it uses real life stories to convey the message that drugs and alcohol can ruin lives. It is vital that our young people are aware of these dangers”
“The £70m that this government has spent on drugs education is clearly not enough nor is it being spent in the right places. Charities like Drugsline are not supported by the government, despite the fact that we know that our approach works.”
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