ABSTRACT

The objectives of this research were : 1) to study the opinions of The Strengthening of Community-Based Drug Prevention Policy in accordance with Gharavasadhamma in Suantaeng Sub-District, Mueang Suphanburi Districts, Suphanburi Province, 2) to study the comparison of The Strengthening of Community-Based Drug Prevention Policy in accordance with Gharavasadhamma in Suantaeng Sub-District, Mueang Suphanburi Districts, Suphanburi Province, 3) to study the problems, obstacles and suggestions about The Strengthening of Community-Based Drug Prevention Policy in accordance with Gharavasadhamma in Suantaeng Sub-District, Mueang Suphanburi Districts, Suphanburi Province. It was the mixed research method between the quantitative and qualitative research. The sampling group was 375 people in Suantaeng sub-district, Muang district, Suphanburi province. The statistics were used for the data analysis through frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation (S.D), T-test, F-test, One-way Analysis of Variance and Least Significant Difference : LSD. and the data analysis from in-depth interview by using the content analysis technique

The findings of the research as follows :

1. The people had the opinions to The Strengthening of Community-Based Drug Prevention Policy in accordance with Gharavasadhamma in Suantaeng Sub-District, Mueang Suphanburi Districts, Suphanburi Province. It was a good level for overall with an average as ( = 4.34). When considered in each side found that the people had the opinions as Truth and Honesty ( =4.40), Taming and Training oneself ( =4.34), Tolerance or Forbearance ( =4.33), Liberation or Generosity ( = 4.30).

2. The findings of opinions comparison of the people to The Strengthening of Community-Based Drug Prevention Policy in accordance with Gharavasadhamma in Suantaeng Sub-District, Mueang Suphanburi Districts, Suphanburi Province, classified by personal data such as sex, age, level of education, career and income, and found that the people who had the differences of sex, level of education, career and income, had the opinions to The Strengthening of Community-Based Drug Prevention Policy in accordance with Gharavasadhamma in Suantaeng Sub-District, Mueang Suphanburi Districts, Suphanburi Province in overall differently with significance of statistics at 0.01. But the people who had the difference of age, had the opinions to The Strengthening of Community-Based Drug Prevention Policy in accordance with Gharavasadhamma in Suantaeng Sub-District, Mueang Suphanburi Districts, Suphanburi Province differently with significance of statistics at 0.05. 

3. The problems, obstacles and suggestions about The Strengthening of Community-Based Drug Prevention Policy in accordance with Gharavasadhamma in Suantaeng Sub-District, Mueang Suphanburi Districts, Suphanburi Province, found that (1) Truth and Honesty, is the people are not interested in drug solution in the community and do not cooperate in the planning to protect the drugs to the community. Therefore, should start making the friendship and compromising in the community and then, the leaders should have the meeting for drug protection and examination in the community. (2) Taming and Training oneself, the youths in the community are eager and challenging and wanting the acceptance from their friends, when they are persuaded to consume the drugs so they do not deny any more. Therefore, the villager in the community should cooperate and cultivate the youths in the community to know the danger of drugs and make the conscious to cooperate with the community people to intend and work for anti-drug policy seriously. (3) Tolerance or Forbearance, the children and youths in the community are the age to convince easily because they do not have enough patience to the bad things, they sometimes have the family problem and then turn to solve the problem by using the drugs. So should set up the entertainment activities to create the self- immunity to the youths in the community to far away from the drugs. (4.) Liberation or Generosity, the majority group of villagers do not know about the anti-drug policy due to the community leaders do not go to examine and lack of public relations about the danger of drugs in the community. Therefore, the related authority should give the knowledge about the danger of drugs for the community people to know about drug and should have the activity on Anti-drug’s Day in the community such as an ant - drug rally to let the villagers and youths to know about drug problems etc.

4. The finding from interview, found that The Strengthening of Community-Based Drug Prevention Policy in accordance with Gharavasadhamma in Suantaeng Sub-District, Mueang Suphanburi Districts, Suphanburi Province, can summarize as following, promotion towards community strength can start from the family and community strength by cooperating by having the plan and guideline for anti - drug protection from community that the related organization should cooperate the entertainment activity in the community for the children and youths and train the people to know the doctrine of Buddhism is the virtues of householder such as Truth and Honesty, Taming and Training oneself, Tolerance or Forbearance,  Liberation or Generosity for protecting the children, youths and people go to involve the drug according to anti - drug protection policy

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