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Neuroscience Outside the Box: From the Laboratory to Discussing Drug Abuse at Schools

One of the effects of the current COVID-19 pandemic is that low-income countries were pushed further into extreme poverty, exacerbating social inequalities and increasing susceptibility to drug use/abuse in people of all ages. The risks of drug abuse may not be fully understood by all members of soc...

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Autores principales: Machado do Vale, Thereza Cristina, da Silva Chagas, Luana, de Souza Pereira, Helena, Giestal-de-Araujo, Elizabeth, Arévalo, Analía, Oliveira-Silva Bomfim, Priscilla
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9133440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35634202
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.782205
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author Machado do Vale, Thereza Cristina
da Silva Chagas, Luana
de Souza Pereira, Helena
Giestal-de-Araujo, Elizabeth
Arévalo, Analía
Oliveira-Silva Bomfim, Priscilla
author_facet Machado do Vale, Thereza Cristina
da Silva Chagas, Luana
de Souza Pereira, Helena
Giestal-de-Araujo, Elizabeth
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Oliveira-Silva Bomfim, Priscilla
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description One of the effects of the current COVID-19 pandemic is that low-income countries were pushed further into extreme poverty, exacerbating social inequalities and increasing susceptibility to drug use/abuse in people of all ages. The risks of drug abuse may not be fully understood by all members of society, partly because of the taboo nature of the subject, and partly because of the considerable gap between scientific production/understanding and communication of such knowledge to the public at large. Drug use is a major challenge to social development and a leading cause of school dropout rates worldwide. Some public policies adopted in several countries in recent decades failed to prevent drug use, especially because they focused on imposing combative or coercive measures, investing little or nothing in education and prevention. Here we highlight the role of neuroscience education as a valid approach in drug use education and prevention. We propose building a bridge between schools and scientists by promoting information, student engagement and honest dialogue, and show evidence that public policy regulators should be persuaded to support such science-based education programs in their efforts to effect important positive changes in society.
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spelling pubmed-91334402022-05-27 Neuroscience Outside the Box: From the Laboratory to Discussing Drug Abuse at Schools Machado do Vale, Thereza Cristina da Silva Chagas, Luana de Souza Pereira, Helena Giestal-de-Araujo, Elizabeth Arévalo, Analía Oliveira-Silva Bomfim, Priscilla Front Hum Neurosci Neuroscience One of the effects of the current COVID-19 pandemic is that low-income countries were pushed further into extreme poverty, exacerbating social inequalities and increasing susceptibility to drug use/abuse in people of all ages. The risks of drug abuse may not be fully understood by all members of society, partly because of the taboo nature of the subject, and partly because of the considerable gap between scientific production/understanding and communication of such knowledge to the public at large. Drug use is a major challenge to social development and a leading cause of school dropout rates worldwide. Some public policies adopted in several countries in recent decades failed to prevent drug use, especially because they focused on imposing combative or coercive measures, investing little or nothing in education and prevention. Here we highlight the role of neuroscience education as a valid approach in drug use education and prevention. We propose building a bridge between schools and scientists by promoting information, student engagement and honest dialogue, and show evidence that public policy regulators should be persuaded to support such science-based education programs in their efforts to effect important positive changes in society. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9133440/ /pubmed/35634202 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.782205 Text en Copyright © 2022 Machado do Vale, da Silva Chagas, de Souza Pereira, Giestal-de-Araujo, Arévalo and Oliveira-Silva Bomfim. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Giestal-de-Araujo, Elizabeth
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Oliveira-Silva Bomfim, Priscilla
Neuroscience Outside the Box: From the Laboratory to Discussing Drug Abuse at Schools
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title_short Neuroscience Outside the Box: From the Laboratory to Discussing Drug Abuse at Schools
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9133440/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.782205
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