Question

What is the primary objective of education and counselling in preventing substance abuse?

Options

• To enforce strict academic focus while eliminating all recreational sports

• To educate individuals to face problems, stresses, disappointments, and failures as part of life

• To discourage sharing emotional difficulties with family and peers

• To eliminate the possibility of any failure in an adolescent's life

Answer 1

Education and counselling aim to prepare adolescents to face problems, stresses, disappointments, and failures as normal parts of life, while channelising their energy into healthy pursuits such as sports, reading, music, and yoga.