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\nKidsHealth in the Classroom: Health Problems Series Grades 6-8\n

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\nThe KidsHealth in the Classroom: Health Problems Series, designed to address the CASEL competencies, focuses on helping middle schoolers understand what can happen when the body doesn’t function properly. The 18 lessons cover three...\n
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\nStories of Painkiller Addiction\n

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\nMuch of the opioid epidemic in America begins with a prescription pad and a pen. Teenagers work through a series of activities that introduce them to people who are recovering from an addiction to painkillers. Each lesson in this unit of...\n
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\nRx for Understanding: Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse\n

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\nDid you know more than 2,000 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day? Ensure your learners are educated about the crucial health issue of prescription drug abuse with this unit. \n
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\nStories of Painkiller Addiction: Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Campaign\n

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\nThe I-STOP law was designed to regulate the distribution and tracking of prescription drugs. After reading an article about its signing and implementation, middle and high schoolers work together to come up with their own ideas for an...\n
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\nPrescription Drug Abuse: Teens in Danger\n

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\nStudents identify the most abused prescription drugs. In this drug awareness lesson, students discuss the harmful effects of taking drugs prescribed to someone else. They take a quiz before and after the lesson to check how much they...\n
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\nRecovery From Drug Addiction\n

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\nAre there factors that put some individuals at a higher risk for drug addiction than others? Learn more about the risk factors that may make some people more susceptible to addiction, as well as protective factors that help prevent...\n
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\nMedication Safety for Teens\n

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\nThe most valuable way to protect teenagers from prescription drug abuse is to equip them with knowledge. An informative slideshow covers various aspects of prescription drug safety, including the importance of keeping one's prescription...\n
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\nInvestigating the Heroin and Prescription Opioid Epidemic\n

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\nHow bad is the opioid crisis in America? Has it gotten worse in the last few decades? Why? High schoolers delve into these questions with a thorough and thoughtful lesson from The New York Times on heroin prescription opioids....\n
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\nMy Generation Rx: Minute Activities\n

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\nWant to discuss the prevalence of prescription drug abuse among teenagers, but running out of class time? A series of short, straightforward activities address topics such as sharing prescription drugs, coping mechanisms for stress, and...\n
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\nThe Brain's Response to Drugs\n

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\nMarijuana affects the brain differently than inhalants, which have a different effect than opioids. Elementary and middle school classes read about these drugs as well as nicotine, methamphetamine, hallucinogens, and steroids before...\n
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\nThe Dangers of Mixing Drugs\n

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\nDrug interactions can be dangerous. Viewers of a short video learn about some well-known and some not-so-well-known interactions that can lead to serious consequences.\n
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\nStraight Talk on Prescription Drugs\n

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\nYoung scholars discover how doctors custom fit prescription drugs to patients. For this health science instructional activity, students explain the risks associated with drug abuse. They discuss common myths about prescription drugs.\n
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\nMy Generation Rx: Plot Twists\n

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\nHow can prescription drugs be dangerous if they were prescribed by a doctor? Is it okay to share your prescription drugs with friends if they really need them? Clear up any common misconceptions about prescription drugs with a set of...\n
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\nThe Truth About Drugs\n

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\nTeenagers hear many messages about drugs from advertisements, their peers, their teachers, and their parents. But who is lying? What is the truth? A thorough, thoughtful unit takes a purposeful look at drug education, drug culture, and...\n
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\nDrugs: Grades 6-8\n

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\nWhat happens to your body when you use drugs? What do you do if your friend wants you to start using? Learn about the signs of addiction and the ways to withstand peer pressure with two classroom activities. After storyboarding the...\n
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\nStories of Painkiller Addiction: Myth or Fact\n

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\nAre opioids the most abused drug after marijuana? How hard is it for young people to obtain painkillers without a prescription? Middle and high schoolers explore the growing epidemic of opioid addiction with a lesson that prompts them to...\n
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\nPrescription Pain Medication: What You Need to Know\n

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\nThe national epidemic of opioid addiction is making its way into high school populations. Educate the students in your class about the ways prescription opioids can both block pain and deliver large amounts of dopamine that make it very...\n
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\nLearn to Be Smart and Safe with Medicine\n

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\nThe stated purpose of a school tool kit is to help schools implement teen prescription drug abuse awareness programs. The kit includes actions that groups can take in the school, with parents, and in the community at large.\n
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\nMy Generation Rx: Lead the Scene\n

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\nPrescription drugs may start out with legitimate usage, but lately they are finding their way to high school and college party life. Have a discussion with the teenagers in your class on prescription drug abuse with a PowerPoint...\n
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\nWhat do drugs do to the body and to the mind? What are the dangers of using drugs? How can teens respond to the pressure to use drugs? After reading a series of articles related to drug use and abuse, class members prepare a skit to...\n
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\nDrug Use and Abuse: Past and Present\n

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\nPick your poison: tobacco, alcohol, opiates, cocaine, or marijuana. An online exhibition launches a research project that asks groups to select one of the five drugs and gather information on how the use of the drug and the regulations...\n
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\nThe third of a four-part series on Pharmacology teaches scholars how drugs enter and exit the body, how they act inside the body, how they affect the brain, and more. Over the course of the unit, groups complete two labs and one...\n
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\nStories of Painkiller Addiction: Decisions and Consequences\n

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\nTeach young learners that most drug addictions end in one of three outcomes: treatment, jail, or death. After watching a short video segment on the consequences of drug abuse, class members discuss what they viewed and consider what...\n
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\nStories of Painkiller Addiction: The Cycle of Addiction\n

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\nDrug addiction, including prescription drug addiction, begins with a reason that's different for every user. High schoolers learn more about the reasons people begin abusing drugs with a set of videos and worksheets that discuss four...\n
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