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Indiana University

Indiana Prevention Resource Center: Drug Information

For Students 9th - 10th
Specific drugs and drug related issues are defined and discussed on this page, which also contains several downloadable publications.
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Global Youth Network: School Based Education for Drug Abuse Prevention [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource provides a conceptual basis upon which teachers, policy makers, and school administrators can make decisions about school-based drug prevention programs in order to achieve greater success in educational settings.
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National Institute on Drug Abuse

National Institute on Drug Abuse: Drug Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides statistics and facts about the health effects of specific drugs, prevention and treatment, and survey data.
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The White House

The White House: Office of National Drug Control Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
Official website of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Drug Abuse Brochure

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore facts about drug abuse, and use the information to plan an informational brochure to be distributed to all students in the school.
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National Families in Action (Nfia): Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NFIA has a wide variety of information on drugs, their effects, prevention, treatment and much more!
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Other

Drug Free America Foundation

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource covers all illegal drugs and provides information on health risks, drugs in the workplace, case stories, moral and spiritual issues, state drug initiatives, and a kids section.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Drug Use Prevention: School Programming and Protective Factors?

For Students 9th - 10th
Drug abuse prevention by way of the government and the ineffectiveness of programs aimed at stopping drug use in schools such as D.A.R.E. and Just Say No. Discussed are factors in families, schools, and communities that lead to stopping...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Do Drugs Affect the Brain?

For Students 9th - 10th
Sara Garofalo explains how some drugs can alter the communication between cells in the brain.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Antiviral Drugs for the Flu

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of the antiviral drugs, Oseltamivir and Zanamivir, which can be use to treat and help prevent the flu.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Preventing Malaria

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of how to prevent getting malaria including insecticides, repellents, eliminating mosquito breeding areas, malaria prophylactic drugs.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Drugonyms

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Research factual information about drugs, and work as a team to convey that information to the class.
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Other

National Crime Prevention Council: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

For Students 3rd - 8th
Site provides great information for parents wanting to talk with their children about drugs and alcohol. Provides realistic and reasonable tips.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Treating, Curing and Preventing Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on developing and testing new drugs including their safety, effectiveness, and dosage; and the three main stages of testing. A link to a test is provided.
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WELL

People.well.com: Web of Addiction: Links to Other Web Sites Related to Addiction

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides links to information, programs, help and treatment resources, news groups, and professional resources involved in the prevention and treatment of substance abuse.
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Arizona State University

Arizona State University: Keepin' It Real

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource describes an organization dedicated to informing young people how to say no to drugs. It includes several articles, curriculum, and links for more information.
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USA Today

Usa Today: Survey Reveals Teen Use of Ecstasy Declined in '02

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from a 2002 study that examined drug-use trends among teens. Includes statistics about ecstasy use, as well as the use of other illicit drugs, discussion questions, and an activity for small groups.
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Other

Do Bugs Need Drugs?: Antibiotics Guide

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This non-profit organization provides information for healthcare professionals, the public, teachers, parents, children, daycares and assisted living sites.
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The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Infectious Diseases: Modern Medicines

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive, self-guided lesson on how medicine prevents and cures disease. This lesson has many descriptive animations as well diagrams to help with understanding. There is a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.
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Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

For Students 9th - 10th
Current information on substance abuse with regard to many issues: military families, health, trauma and justice, public awareness and support and housing and homelessness. Also, find information on prevention of substance abuse. Many...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Do Hospitals Have Particle Accelerators?

For Students 9th - 10th
Doctors are using injected radioactive drugs that circulate through the body and act as a beacon for PET scanners. These diagnostic tools can detect the spread of diseases before they can be spotted with other types of imaging. Pedro...
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Pni: Insomnia in the Psychiatric Context

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the benefits of psychopharmacology and its relationship to the prevention of insomnia. Mentions types of sleeping disorders.
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US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Ibuprofen Overdose

For Students 9th - 10th
MEDLINEplus tells you what to do to prevent and treat ibuprofen overdose.
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Vitamin B6

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed overview of vitamin B6. Content includes a focus on how this vitamin was discovered, its other names, its uses as a supplement, proper dosage, and the like.

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