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This study aims at investigating the effectiveness of a drug addiction preventive collective heuristic program among the secondary school stage, in the schools of the Old Town in Hebron in relation to some variables, such as, gender. In order to identify the effectiveness of a “Drug Addiction Preventive Collective Heuristic” program among the secondary school level, within the schools of the Old Town in Hebron, the researcher has selected the study population from the secondary school students in the Old Town in Hebron in the second semester of the scholastic year 2016-2017. Then, a sample of 40 students from both males and females was chosen for the purposes of the study. A pre-post-test was presented to both the control and experimental groups to collect and statically analyze the data, using the Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS). The data was statically processed through numbers, percentages, averages, and standard deviations. The study hypotheses were tested at the level of significance by using statistical tests, including Pearson’s coefficient, t-tests, ONE-WAY ANCOVA and Cronbach's Alpha Coefficient. Results showed statistically significant differences among the means of both groups pertaining to healthy, psychological, familial, economic, and social fields. The differences were for the favour of the experimental group. This provides evidence to the great influence of the application of the Drug Preventive Heuristic program in all the study fields towards raising the awareness of the Hebron Old Town secondary school students of the drugs danger on both health and society. (Author’s abstract)