Drugs: Prevention Tips

Opioid abuse is becoming a national crisis, but combating the influence of opioids requires examining the ways it affects individual communities. A thorough teacher guide provides step-by-step instructions about implementing an...

The 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...

Students read a comic about a teen drug overdose that leads to death. In this drug awareness instructional activity, students role play characters in the story that react to the death of their friend due to drug use in an online forum....

Young scholars evaluate information regarding studies that highlight the prevention of drug use. They acquire knowledge on the topic in order to inform others. They compose a report/essay on the information that they have learned.

Students examine how advertising and media shape attitudes about tobacco, alcohol and drug use. They look at advertisements from newspapers and magazines to determine what message the advertisers are conveying to their audience.

Students research date rape using the assigned websites. They write a report emphasizing ways in which date rape can be prevented. They present the reports to their classmates.

Learners create a collage that represents themselves and identify the characteristics that make them able to resist the temptation to use drugs. They create the collage by using cut-outs from magazines. They share with the other...

Students identify ways to cope with peer pressure to use tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. They use selection from Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain.

Students research information about date rape drugs and how to prevent the use of such drugs. They read articles from specific websites listed on this lesson plan. They write an essay on the information that they have learned.

Students develop a school-wide marketing campaign to promote the message of not using inhalants. They view examples of marketing techniques, conduct Internet research, and in small groups create and present a marketing campaign.