Standard of Learning

10.1The student will demonstrate an understanding of health concepts, behaviors, and skills that reduce health risks and enhance the health and well-being of self and others throughout life. Key concepts/skills include:

1. the impact of healthy and poor nutritional choices;
2. the effects of an active and sedentary lifestyle;
3. the effects of tobacco, alcohol, inhalants, and other drug use;
4. behaviors that result in intentional and unintentional injury.

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Understanding the Standard

The student will analyze the effects of tobacco, alcohol, inhalants, and other drug use on mental, physical, and social health.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will:

• define substance abuse.
• explain why people misuse drugs or other chemicals:
  • see others using drugs;
  • are pressured by friends or siblings to use drugs;
  • want to fit in;
  • thrill seeking or experimenting;
  • see drugs glamorized on television, movies, or in song lyrics; and
  • are bored or trying to escape from problems.
• describe side effects and the synergistic effects of drugs.
• describe symptoms of drug overdose.
• differentiate between physical and psychological dependence and addiction.
• identify the cost of substance abuse.
• identify harmful substances and health problems associated with tobacco use.
• describe the long-term physical, mental, and social effects of alcohol abuse.
• explain the physical, mental, and social effects of inhalant abuse.
• list illegal drugs used by adolescents.
• describe strategies for preventing substance abuse.

Sample Lessons

The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology Through the Study of Addiction
Grades 9-12
Includes anatomy, relaying information through the brain, effects of drugs on the brain, drug abuse, and case studies about drug addiction.
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health, Curriculum Supplement Series
http://science.education.nih.gov

Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)
Grades: High School
Law enforcement and the school district join to educate students about the personal and social consequences of substance abuse. Includes strategies for anger management, violence prevention, making healthy choices.
Contact: http://www.dare.com

Group Rope Squares
Grades 5-12
This lesson will further reinforce group cohesion and communication skills as well as problem solving and cooperation. In teaching a drug prevention program, it is important to introduce activities like this that illustrate to students that Together they can help solve each other's problems, depend on one another, and communicate their needs to others.
Sponsor: Ask Eric
Contact: http://www.eduref.org (select lesson plans – health – substance abuse prevention)
Free

Project Toward No Drug Abuse (TND)
Grades 9-12
Model program to help youth resist substance use. Includes cognitive misperceptions leading to substance use; consequences of using substances; myths surrounding substance use; effective coping and self-control skills; and commitment to discussing substance abuse with others.
Sponsor: Department of Preventive Medicine, USC
Contact: http://www.cceanet.org/research/sussman/tnd.htm
Cost

Project Towards No Tobacco Use (TNT)
Grades 5-10
Model program to prevent or reduce tobacco use in youth. Ten core and 2 booster lessons. Includes effective refusal and coping skills; effects of media and advertisers; methods to build self-esteem; and strategies for advocating no tobacco use.
Sponsor: Department of Preventive Medicine, USC
Contact: http://www.etr.org
Cost

Additional Instructional Resources

• Abuse & Addiction – http://www.pbs.org/teachersource(health & fitness 9-12)
• ACDE Drug Prevention Lesson Plans – http://www.acde.org/educate/Lessons.htm
• Al-Anon/Alateen - http://www.al-anon.org
• Alcohol Cost Calculator for Kids - http://www.alcoholcostcalculator.org/kids
• Alcoholism and Drug Dependence - http://www.ncadd.org/facts/problems.html
• American Council for Drug Education - http://www.acde.org
• TheAnti-Drug.Com - http://www.theantidrug.com
• Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms – http://www.atf.treas.gov
• Center for Enforcing Underage Drinking Laws - http://www.udetc.org
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention – http://www.cdc.gov
• The Cool Spot - http://www.thecoolspot.gov
• Council on Alcoholism - http://www.councilonalcoholism.net/DWI.htm
• DEA State Fact Sheets - http://www.dea.gov/pubs/state_factsheets.html
• Department of Alcohol Beverage Control
• Drugs and Teen Substance Abuse - http://www.focusas.com/SubstanceAbuse.html
• Drug and Violence Prevention - http://dave.esc4.net/
• Drug Enforcement Administration - http://www.dea.gov
• A Family Guide to Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy and Drug Free, SAMSA - http://family.samhsa.gov
• Federal Drug Data Sources - http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/sources.html
• Global Youth Network - http://www.unodc.org/youthnet
• http://www.umsl.edu/~rkeel/180/classify.html
• http://www.umsl.edu/~rkeel/180/hallucin.html
• Inhalant Abuse - http://www.inhalant.org
• Life Skills Programs
• Local Police Department
• Local Resource Officer
• Monitoring the Future - http://www.monitoringthefuture.org
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving - http://www.maddva.org or http://www.madd.org
• National Drug Control Policy and Anti-Drug Media Campaign -http://www.mediacampaign.org
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information -http://www.health.org
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov
• National Inhalant Prevention Coalition - http://www.inhalants.org
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - http://www.niaaa.nih.gov
• National Institute on Drug Abuse - http://www.nida.nih.gov or http://www.drugabuse.gov
• National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign - http://www.mediacampaign.org
• Parenting is Prevention - http://www.parentingisprevention.org
• Partners for Substance Abuse Prevention - http://www.samhsa.gov/preventionpartners
• Partnership for a Drug-Free America - http://www.drugfreeamerica.org
• Play Clean (performance enhancing drugs in sports) - http://www.playclean.org
• SAMSA Model [Drug Prevention] Programs - http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov
• Straight Scoop News Bureau - http://www.straightscoop.org
• Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) - http://www.saddonline.com
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) - http://www.samhsa.gov
• U.S. Department of Education, Safe & Drug-Free Schools Program - http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/
• U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Criminal Justice Reference Service - http://www.ncjrs.org
• U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org
• Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program
• Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Education Section - http://www.abc.state.va.us
• Virginia Department of Education, Safe & Drug-Free Schools Program - http://www.safeanddrugfreeva.org
• Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services (Office of Substance Abuse) - http://www.dmhmrsas.virginia.gov
• Virginia Department of State Police - http://www.vsp.state.va.us
• Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation - http://www.vtsf.org

Assessment Ideas

The student will:

• develop a poster about the effect of alcohol, tobacco, and drug use on the body.
• explain five reasons teens may use drugs.
• describe the physical, mental, and social consequences of drug use and abuse.
• brainstorm ways to create a video/skit to show middle school students the benefits of living drug-free.
• design an ad to warn students about tobacco, alcohol, inhalants, and other drug use.

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