National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute on Drug Abuse: Brain Power! The Nida Junior Scientist Program
This program uses scientific techniques to examine how drugs effect the brain. Its ultimate goal is to present students with the negative effects of substance abuse and show the benefits of staying substance free. Each of the lessons...
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute on Drug Abuse: Marijuana: Facts for Teens
This article, organized in question/answer format, provides information for teens about marijuana use. Here, you can learn why teens smoke marijuana and how marijuana affects the bodies and brains of those who use it.
Biotechnology Institute
Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Learning About Drugs and Alcohol Through Biotechnology [Pdf]
Find out what role genetics plays in why people become drug and alcohol abusers, and investigate how biotechnology can help shape the future of medications used for addicts.
Other
Nfia's Guide to Drugs and the Brain
This site provides a list of links to information on different types of drugs. Content on the pages include information about the drug itself, effects the drug has on the brain, common street names for the drug, and legal status.
BSCS Science Learning
Bscs: Drug Abuse and the Adolescent Brain
This module focuses on the science that explains the effects that drugs have on the brain and, by extension, a person's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Specifically, it focuses on the adolescent brain. Adolescents may be more...
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Drugs, Brains and Behavior
This is a link to a book posted on the internet which discusses many different drugs and their effects on the brain. Also provides some discussion on the influences of different drugs and neurotransmitters in reference to different brain...
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Nida: "Ecstasy" Damages the Brain
This article summarizes a medical study that examined ecstasy's effect on brain function. Learn how this designer drug causes both short term and long term damage in users' brains.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: How Opioids Change the Brain: Lesson Plan
In this lesson module, to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, students will understand that addiction is medically classified as a disease. They will learn about brain structure and functioning and how they are...
Other
University of Nebraska at Omaha: Brains Rule! Games: Ecstasy Invaders
Go on a mission inside a nerve cell to find out about how neurons produce and release neurotransmitters to communicate with other neurons. Learn what happens to these brain chemicals when the drug ecstasy interrupts the process.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Learn Genetics: Mouse Party
Using an interactive demonstration, this educational site provides a glimpse into how illicit drugs disrupt the synapse through unique molecular mechanisms causing the drug user to feel 'high'.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Pbs: Do All Drugs Affect the Brain Similarly?
Discusses the mechanism by which drugs effect the brain. Contains links which discuss other aspects of drug addiction.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Drugs Alter the Brain's Reward Pathway
This site provides interesting data about how drugs alter the brain. Find facts, pictures, and animations to help portray the critical information about drugs of abuse. Also link to teacher resources and lesson plans.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cocaine Addiction in Mice
Read this passage and answer the five-question quiz to tests your knowledge on drug addiction treatments.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Nida: Research Report Series: Hallucinogens and Dissociative Drugs
An advanced level report which defines hallucinogens and dissociative and explains their effects.
Other
Partnership for a Drug Free America: Pcp
This site from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America is organized in question/answer format, this website provides a good introduction for students wanting to know about PCP and its hazardous effects on the human body and brain.
Columbia University
Drug Mechanisms and Brain Function: The Antipsychotic Experience
Article on the effect of certain drugs on human personality. Article's foundation is in anti-psychotic research.
University of Washington
Neuroscience Resources for Kids: Ecstasy Mdma
Here, students can read about the dangers associated with the designer drug called ecstasy. Learn about the short-term and long-term effects associated with this dangerous drug. Included is information on proper brain function, as well...
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Nida for Teens: Mind Over Matter: Marijuana
An article that contains information on marijuana. You can find out where it comes from and the details about its effects on the brain.
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic
A comprehensive resource for timely and accurate medical information from experts at Mayo Clinic. Content includes information on almost all diseases and conditions, a guide to healthy living, first-aid and self-care information.
Other
On Science: Addicting Kids to Nicotine
Summarizing research found at the Mayo Clinic, this article explains why kids, who have only smoked a few cigarettes, "experience the same symptoms of nicotine addiction as adults who smoke heavily." Learn about how nicotine affects the...
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Nida for Teens: Mind Matters: The Body's Response to Marijuana
Facts about marijuana and its effects on the body, brain and life.
Curated OER
Neuroscience for Kids: Drug Effects on Nervous System
Discusses the effects of many drugs on the brain and other parts of the body. This large neuroscience resource also provides links to information on other brain and nervous system topics.
Curated OER
Neuroscience for Kids: Drug Effects on Nervous System
Discusses the effects of many drugs on the brain and other parts of the body. This large neuroscience resource also provides links to information on other brain and nervous system topics.
Curated OER
Neuroscience for Kids: Drug Effects on Nervous System
Discusses the effects of many drugs on the brain and other parts of the body. This large neuroscience resource also provides links to information on other brain and nervous system topics.