摘要：In Italy, measures for the
prevention of drug addiction have often been directed solely towards providing information and creating greater
awareness. Fisher and Fisher (1992), instead, propose a model based on three factors, Information-Motivation-
Behavioural Skills, for the planning of programs for the prevention of health risk behaviour. This model provided
the basis for the pilot experience of a health education course for the prevention of drug use, which involved 417
students in two high schools in Rome. This experience shows that efforts to prevent drug use in young people, if
focused only on content, risk failure because young people already seem to possess the basic information
concerning the risks connected to substance abuse. For this reason, there is a need for the organization of
encounters for confrontation and debate in order to favour the acquisition of the capabilities needed to confront
a potential problem of substance abuse.
关键词：drug addiction, health education, school, group.
