Young adults, aged 15 to 24, are more prone than any other age group to have substance addiction disorders. This occurs during years in which schools have daily access to these children. Imagine how different the data would be if schools just reevaluated how they spent time with students.

The ninth-grade students' presentation of mental illness information to their friends did not aid the 16-year-old girl when she stared at a bottle of tablets wondering what would actually occur.
We must prepare schools to address substance abuse crises. This necessitates training for all teachers if students approach them with issues about substance misuse, as students do not always have a positive adult role model at home.

It is important to include a substance abuse prevention programme as a core component of the school curriculum that focuses on providing young people with information about drugs, the life skills necessary to deal with different situations without using drugs, the ability to resist pressure to use drugs, and an understanding of what drugs are.We need a required course that provides in-depth, personalised, and accommodating education about coping, local resources, and difficult issues.

This material must be altered and updated annually in order to accommodate new developments and resources.Our society required this transformation, and we could all continue to gain from it. We must ensure that our children do not go without this. There is no silver bullet, but we can do so much to protect our family, friends, and future children from becoming a statistic.