ABSTRACT
Over-consumption of alcohol, nicotine, psychoactive drugs, and food has been shown to contribute significantly to most of the leading causes of death in the United States, while certain positive health-related behaviors, including exercise, tooth brushing, and wearing a seat belt have been associated with lowered morbidity and mortality. To determine awareness of substance abuse and other health-related behaviors among a group of preschool children. The age at which health-related behaviors emerge in children is of critical interest. The health benefits or hazards associated with each behavior were variously known to the children. Drug abuse behavior among adolescents may apparently even increase as the result of a well-meaning prevention effort. Preschool children can be motived to permanently adopt positive health behaviors, because there may be a wide gap between knowledge and behavior. Only fifteen per cent could identify the concept of drug consumption for non-medical purposes, depicted by a girl taking oral medication in a psychedelic setting.
