Abstract:

Today, there is no part of the world that is free from the curse of drug trafficking and drug addiction. Millions of drug addicts, all over the world, are leading miserable lives, between life and death. India too is caught in this vicious circle of drug abuse, and the numbers of drug addicts are increasing day by day. According to a UN report, One million heroin addicts are registered in India, and unofficially there are as many five million today. The major reason for the substance abuse is due to less knowledge about the harmful effects of substance and sometimes the curiosity leads into substance abuse this also due to less knowledge. The research study mainly focuses to increase the knowledge level among the respondent through the lesson plan. Through the study the researcher able to understand the knowledge levels of the respondent and also aware the respondent about the substance harmful effects. In this study the researcher used a experimental research design having 60 samples. The main objective of the study is to assess the knowledge of the bed students, to define substance, to enlist the harmful effects of the substances, To understand the socio-demographic details of respondents .By taking bed students it may help them to deal with students in the future and the information can be passed to students about the substance hence we can build a new generation who is aware about the harmful effects of the substance and reduce the substance abuse in the State. Through this research researcher can educate the group who can modify another bigger community like students .The planed teaching programme was highly effective in improving the knowledge of B.Ed students. The study recommends extending such teaching programme for students regarding substance abuse


Keywords: Substance Abuse, Knowledge, Heroin ,Alcohol, Cannabis , Lesson Plan.