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Kids Health: Dealing With Addiction
Having an addiction can not only be unhealthy and expensive but it can also change who you are as a person. Since teenagers are still developing physically and mentally this can have a detrimental effect on who they will become. This...
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
Above the Influence: Ketamine Facts
Fact sheet about the risks of using the powerful animal tranquilizer, ketamine.
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
National Youth Anti Drug Media Campaign: Above the Influence
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy created Above the Influence to decrease drug and alcohol use among teenagers through education, current events reporting, skills training, shared personal narratives, animated...
National Museum of Science and Industry (UK)
National Museum of Science and Industry: Ingenious: Drugs
Presents a short history of illegal drugs and discusses how societal mores and public policy have changed over time based on how people have used or abused addictive drugs.
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Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: No Problem Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"No Problem" by Dayle Campbell Gaetz deals with the issue of teen addiction. A star athlete who has it all becomes involved with an older woman and drugs, causing his life to unravel. This teacher's guide includes a book summary,...
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Nida: Prescription Drugs: Misuse of Prescription Drugs
An article covering trends of prescription drug abuse in the 1990s. It separates and analyzes adult and adolescent trends and utilizes several color charts.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Health and Fitness: Health Quests: Stop Substance Abuse
Spread the word about the risks of tobacco and drug abuse and learn basic HTML at the same time. Use the links provided by this site to learn facts about addiction.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cocaine Addiction in Mice
Read this passage and answer the five-question quiz to tests your knowledge on drug addiction treatments.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Overview of Psychoactive Drugs
An overview of psychoactive drugs: depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and opiates.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: How Opioids Change the Brain: Lesson Plan
In this lesson module, to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, students will understand that addiction is medically classified as a disease. They will learn about brain structure and functioning and how they are...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: Effects of Opioids on Communities, What Can Be Done: Lesson Plan
In this lesson, to be used with the program Understanding the Opioid Epidemic, young scholars will explore the dangers of opioids and what effects they have on whole communities. They will use critical thinking skills to think about ways...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Drug Abuse and Drug Addiction
Substance use disorders are a class of psychological disorder in which a person continues to use a substance, despite having significant health, social, and other negative consequences as a result of their substance use.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Psychoactive Drugs: Depressants and Opiates
An explanation of the effects the psychoactive drugs, depressants and opiates, have on the body.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Providers: Community Screening Guide
This Guide is intended to assist facilitators to use the film as a starting point to address the healthcare crisis in rural communities across America. As our nation's demographics become more urban, rural populations are aging, have...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Providers: High School Guide
Designed for high school audiences, this Guide can be used to facilitate dialogue about, and deepen understanding of, the complex issues portrayed in The Providers - a documentary that follows three healthcare providers in northern New...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Providers: The Providers
This collection features resources to accompany The Providers film. The Providers documentary exposes the physician shortage and opioid epidemic in rural America, The Providers follows three healthcare providers in northern New Mexico.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Tragedy & Hope: Stories of Painkiller Addiction Collection
Tragedy & Hope is a PBS series that delves into the drug abuse crisis that has crippled all areas of the population. The series is intended for school staff and for anyone who works with young people. Lessons and activities are part...
Illinois Institute of Technology
Oyez Project: Robinson v. California (1962)
A brief summary of the case where Supreme Court concluded that it is "cruel and unusual" punishment to convict someone of being addicted to the use of narcotics.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Drugs and the Nervous System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how drugs affect the nervous system.
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National Crime Prevention Council: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Site provides great information for parents wanting to talk with their children about drugs and alcohol. Provides realistic and reasonable tips.