Competency of Primary School Teachers for the Primary Prevention of Drug Abuse with a View of the Attitudes towards the Topics of Drugs Abuse Prevention

The paper deals with the topic of drug-abuse prevention in primary schools and it is based on the research into the attitudes of primary-school teachers towards the topic of drug abuse, as the attitudes are the prerequisites for teachers ́ competency for the preventive – educative work at school. It may be said that in general, the attitude of teachers from the fi rst grade of primary school towards drugs is representative from the social point of view; teachers show good general awareness of such problems, which is a very positive fi nding. However, it is rather serious that teachers lack deeper information and they do not know how to present the seriousness of such topics to the children by way of prevention. Generally, teachers do not accept drugs; they perceive drugs as something negative in the society. They correctly understand the connection of drug – wrong lifestyle; sport – correct lifestyle (i.e. without drugs). However, their attitude towards the infl uence of mass media in the area of motivation towards drug abuse is not well defi ned.