National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week®

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Drugs + Your Body: It Isn’t Pretty (Teaching Guide) Poster

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Front: Powerful imagery shows teens and young adults how drugs of abuse damage major organs. A provocative and engaging educational tool.

Back: Four critical-thinking activity worksheets and lesson plans on drugs of abuse: a basic neuroscience lesson on how the brain governs the body; an in-depth look at how different drugs damage various vital organs; an activity using a diagram to explore how abusing drugs can damage relationships; and an exercise on how to read a statistical graph on emergency room visits to show the impact of drugs on society.

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Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction

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Provides scientific information about the disease of drug addiction, including the many harmful consequences of drug abuse and the basic approaches that have been developed to prevent and treat the disease.

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Drugs: SHATTER THE MYTHS

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Answers teens’ most frequently asked questions about drugs and abuse with scientific facts and engaging images.

Versión en español:
Drogas: Derribemos los mitos (Drugs: SHATTER THE MYTHS)
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Heads Up: Drugs & The Body- It Isn't Pretty. Double Sided English/Spanish Poster

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A graphic tour of how the body is affected by various drugs of abuse. Includes an annotated “body” poster for your classroom wall along with six skills sheets. One side in English; the other in Spanish.

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Heads Up: Real News About Drugs and Your Body- Year 18-19 Compilation for Students

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A collection of articles designed to teach students about the harmful effects of drugs on adolescent brain development as well as the health dangers for teens of e-cigarettes. Students will have the opportunity to learn why it is not safe to take medications with other substances. Accompanying teacher's guide also available.

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Heads Up: Real News About Drugs and Your Body- Year 18-19 Compilation for Teachers

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A collection of articles designed to teach students about the harmful effects of drugs on adolescent brain development as well as the health dangers for teens of e-cigarettes. Students will have the opportunity to learn why it is not safe to take medications with other substances. Accompanying student's guide also available.

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Heads Up: Real News About Drugs and Your Body- Year 17-18 Compilation for Students

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A collection of articles designed to teach students about how genes affect addiction and how synthetic drugs can be dangerous. Students will have the opportunity to learn how to tell real science from made-up claims. Accompanying teacher’s guide also available.
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Heads Up: Real News About Drugs and Your Body- Year 17-18 Compilation for Teachers

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A collection of articles designed to teach students about how genes affect addiction and how synthetic drugs can be dangerous. Students will have the opportunity to learn how to tell real science from made-up claims. Accompanying teacher’s guide also available.

Heads Up: Real News About Drugs and Your Body- Year 16-17 Compilation for Students

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For teens (grades 7-12). A collection of articles designed to teach students the facts about timely and practical topics in drug education. Students will have the opportunity to understand how mapping the brain helps neuroscientists understand the decision-making process; discover how stress physically impacts different parts of the body; and learn about the opioid overdose death crisis. Accompanying teacher's guide also available.

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Heads Up: Real News About Drugs and Your Body- Year 16-17 Compilation for Teachers

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A collection of teacher lesson plans designed to teach students (grades 7-12) the facts about timely and practical topics in drug education. Students will have the opportunity to understand how mapping the brain helps neuroscientists understand the decision-making process; discover how stress physically impacts different parts of the body; and learn about the opioid overdose death crisis. Accompanying compilation available for your students.

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Heads Up: Real News About Drugs and Your Body- Year 15-16 Compilation for Teachers

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A collection of teacher lesson plans designed to teach students the facts about timely and practical topics in drug education. Students will have the opportunity to: find unbiased, scientific answers to their questions about drugs and health; understand how their brains make decisions and how to better navigate peer-pressure situations; and receive information on the bodily risks associated with opioid medications. Additional topics include marijuana, alcohol, drugged driving, tobacco, hookah, caffeine powder, MDMA (also called Molly or Ecstasy), Spice (also called K2), heroin, prescription drugs and naxolone. Accompanying compilation available for your students.

Marijuana English Single-Sided Poster

Marijuana English Single-Sided Poster

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Single-sided English poster for teens and young adults. Emphasizes three essential messages about smoking marijuana: it is addictive, it can lead to school failure, and it impairs driving.

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Marijuana: Facts for Teens

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Presented in question-and-answer format and targeted to teens, provides facts about marijuana and its potential harmful effects.

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Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know

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Brochure, in question-and-answer format, that provides facts about marijuana for parents and offers tips for talking with their children about the drug and its potential harmful effects.
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Heads Up: Real News About Drugs and Your Body- Year 15-16 Compilation for Students

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For teens (grades 7–12). A collection of articles designed to teach students the facts about timely and practical topics in drug education. Students will have the opportunity to: find unbiased, scientific answers to their questions about drugs and health; understand how their brains make decisions and how to better navigate peer-pressure situations; and receive information on the bodily risks associated with opioid medications. Additional topics include marijuana, alcohol, drugged driving, tobacco, hookah, caffeine powder, MDMA (also called Molly or Ecstasy), Spice (also called K2), heroin, prescription drugs and naxolone. Accompanying teacher's guide also available.

Other compilations for students and teachers: 
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Opioid Facts for Teens

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Presented in question-and-answer format, this booklet provides teens with facts about opioids and their potential harmful effects.

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Respect Teaching Guide Poster

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This guide develops students’ understanding of how respect is key to healthy behaviors and building healthy relationships. Includes a classroom poster, lessons and activities, and work sheets.

Stand Up Against Bullying Poster

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Front: Images showing five ways everyone can stand up to bullying. Back: Lesson plans, activities, and worksheets to help students learn how to recognize situations that involve bullying, build awareness about the negative consequences of bullying, including substance use, and build skills needed to help prevent bullying and safely intervene if someone is in trouble.

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NDAFW Bingo

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Looking for a fun activity for your National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week event? The NDAFW team has developed a BINGO game that anyone can use! Each pack comes with a vocabulary sheet and 30 BINGO cards. The caller will read the vocabulary word and definition, educating players about drug and alcohol use. If the word matches what is on a player’s card, he or she marks it off. The first person to get five in a row yells “NDAFW!”