Professor David Nutt Says Drug Education Should Be Treated Like Sex Education In Reddit AMA

[k2.]

so it needs to be taught to people already doing it just like sex ed is.

[sirpopsalot_]

[QUOTE=BLOODGA$M;44449784]Try telling that to the US where "abstinence only" sex education[I] is [/I]still popular.[/QUOTE]

How common is that? I keep reading about that in SH but It was the complete opposite at my school. When I was 14 my health class spent a good month or two covering sex education. Hell, my teacher even spent a few classes talking about anal sex. Absolutely everything was covered. Maybe my school is blessed with good curriculum.

[Trogdon]

[QUOTE=sirpopsalot_;44471328]How common is that? I keep reading about that in SH but It was the complete opposite at my school. When I was 14 my health class spent a good month or two covering sex education. Hell, my teacher even spent a few classes talking about anal sex. Absolutely everything was covered. Maybe my school is blessed with good curriculum.[/QUOTE]

The US government only funds abstinence only education. That should give an idea of how common it is. Pretty much every single public school