Objective:

Bullying and the use of psychoactive substances are problems to which adolescents are exposed in schools. The role of educators is paramount for prevention and management in this type of situations. The objective of this study is to describe the teachers’ perception of bullying and psychoactive substance use in a school in Bogotá.

Materials and Methods:

Qualitative, exploratory study with the development of discussion groups and semi-structured interviews. A total of 5 educators and 1 counselor participated voluntarily previous informed consent. Ethical aspects were taken into account.

Results:

Participants were 66.6% women and 33.4% were men, 66.7% aged between 50-60 years, and 33.3% aged between 40-50 years. Results are presented in two subjects: psychoactive substance use and bullying which, in turn, were organized into the following categories: causes, problems, consequences, actions and proposals, highlighting ten (10) subcategories that emerged from interviews and discussion groups held with educators on bullying and use of psychoactive substances in adolescents.

Conclusions:

According to the perspective of educators, the involvement of parents, as part of the educational community, as well as intersectoral and interdisciplinary work for the management of both, bullying and consumption of psychoactive substances is indispensable to develop tools in adolescents that allow them to face these problems in a proper way thus avoiding seeking other alternatives that affect their lives.

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