Mind Over Matter

All Mind Over Matter publications are designed for young teens (grades 6–8). Publications in English are ordered individually per drug topic.

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Explorando La Mente: La Respuesta del Cerebro a los Medicamentos de Prescripcion

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El abuso de los medicamentos de prescripción ocurre cuando se toman sin que el doctor los haya recetado o si se toman de una manera o en una cantidad diferente a como fueron recetados. El abuso de los medicamentos de prescripción puede tener efectos graves y nocivos para la salud, incluyendo la intoxicación o el envenenamiento, e incluso la muerte.

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Mind Over Matter: The Brain's Response to Prescription Drugs

Mind Over Matter Kit (Spanish)

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Esta serie completa fue diseñada para alentar a los muchachos del 6º al 8º grado a que aprendan sobre los efectos del abuso de drogas sobre el cuerpo y el cerebro.

Mind Over Matter: The Brain's Response to Anabolic Steroids

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For young teens (grades 6–8). Explains how anabolic steroids can cause liver damage and cancer and weaken the immune system.

Versión en español:
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Mind Over Matter: The Brain's Response to Cocaine

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For young teens (grades 6–8). Explores how cocaine changes the way nerve cells communicate in the brain and the negative effects the drug can have on the body.

Versión en español:
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Mind Over Matter: The Brain's Response to Hallucinogens

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For young teens (grades 6–8). Explains how hallucinogens affect the brain’s communication centers as well as its ability to control sleep and emotions.

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Mind Over Matter: The Brain's Response to Inhalants

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For young teens (grades 6–8). Describes how inhalants, such as hair spray, gasoline, and spray paint, can cause nerve cell damage in the brain that can affect the body in a lot of ways.

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Mind Over Matter: The Brain's Response to Marijuana

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For young teens (grades 6–8). Explains how THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, causes changes in the brain that affect memory, emotions, balance, and judgment.

Versión en español:
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Mind Over Matter: The Brain's Response to Methamphetamine

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For young teens (grades 6–8). Explains how methamphetamine acts in the body and the brain and what happens with long-term use of the drug.

Versión en español:
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Mind Over Matter: The Brain's Response to Nicotine

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For young teens (grades 6–8). Describes how nicotine acts on the heart to change heart rate and blood pressure, and discusses dependency, treatment, and effects of long-term nicotine use.

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Mind Over Matter: The Brain's Response to Opioids

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For young teens (grades 6–8). Describes how opioids, such as Vicodin, morphine, heroin, and codeine, affect the brain, the nervous system, and the limbic system, which controls emotions.

Versión en español:
Mind Over Matter Kit (Spanish)