A brief discussion on the behavior of students' drug using under the perspective of youth subculture and the intervention of school social work
Meizhu Lyu
City University of Hong Kong
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59429/pest.v7i4.12444
Keywords: teenagers' synthetic drug use; youth subculture; school social work; drug abuse prevention education; adolescent drug crisis intervention
Abstract
Under the influence of globalization, the use of synthetic drugs among teenagers has become a key issue to be addressed in schools, making school social work imperative (Wang, 2006). Students’ drug use is not only closely related to social culture and economic background, but also significantly influenced by youth subculture. School social workers should develop the awareness to interpret drug use behavior from a cultural perspective, so as to effectively reorganize and reconstruct relevant youth subcultures, create a vibrant cultural environment, and implement drug abuse prevention education as well as crisis intervention for adolescents.
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