What Are Some Shock Tactic Aimed at Scaring Teenagers Away From Alcohol/drugs?

Published May 31, 2013

Question by Wide Awake: What are some shock tactic aimed at scaring teenagers away from alcohol/drugs?
and do they work?

If you have any experience of a teen taking drugs but stopped before it got out of hand or vice versa. I’d appreciate it if you shared it here.

Thank you.

Best answer:

Answer by Charles Veidt
One of my local schools actually staged a student’s death. They intentionally let rumors swirl through the school that said student had died the previous night in a drunk-driving accident. Then at the rally at the end of the day, they revealed that the student wasn’t dead, but that he easily could’ve have been because drunk driving could easily result in quick fatalities like that.

While it’s true that a drunk driver has a high probability of being involved in an accident, the stunt didn’t go over very well at the school. The students felt abused and betrayed and the school never repeated any similar stunts, to the best of my knowledge.

To me, a more enlightening experience was when I got the chance to “play” a video game that was rigged to simulate the experience of drunk driving. You wear some glasses that kinda muddle your vision and the “steering wheel” doesn’t respond in the way you’d expect it to (which simulates a drunk person’s physical inability to handle the wheel).

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