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This exploratory study is an attempt to investigate the work–the role of teachers in drug abuse prevention in schools. The drug is one of the forbidden item consumed by human. Nevertheless, students who are still too young got exposed to the drug. Having a good teacher will greatly prevent the students to abuse the drug. Teachers’ roles have resulted as the key factor for the prevention of the consumption of drug because students spend most of their quality time at school. This paper is intended to study the possibility of the existence of the role of teachers in drug prevention in schools in Malaysia. A mixed methods research design shall be deployed for the study. A conceptual framework with factors such as teaching competency, teachers' self-efficacy, the teaching-learning process in the classroom, and school environment.
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