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Substance Abuse Prevention

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Students evaluate the impact of substance use and abuse in society and the workplace. They identify support services in the workplace which deal with substance abuse. They create an "ideal" policy statement governing substance abuse in a w

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11th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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