Curated OER
Kids Health: About Kids Health
This page for the huge KidsHealth site gives you a jumping-off point and an overview of the site's content, purpose, and usage. With sections for parents, kids, and teens, KidsHealth has been online since 1995 and today it is accessed...
US National Archives
Presidential Proclamation Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week
POTUS Barack Obama declared a week to recognize and help those facing and fighting this vicious battle against the addiction to prescription opioids and heroin. Note the details of the proclamation.
WebMD
Web Md: Drugs & Medications a Z
This site from WebMD Health contains interesting information on drugs and herbs. It contains an exhaustive list of drugs, and if you click on the link you receive ample information on each topic. This is a quality site to check out on...
Other
The Partnership for a Drug Free America
Working to reduce the illicit drugs in America, this is the website of Partnership For A Drug Free America. This site contains a database of drugs with slang names as well as standard. For each drug there are descriptions of the drug...
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Partnership for a Drug Free World: The Truth About Heroin
A collection of resources examines the drug situation around the world with a focus on heroin. Know what heroin is, how it is made, and what it is made from. Why is it such a threat?
University of Utah
University of Utah: Learn Genetics: Mouse Party
Using an interactive demonstration, this educational site provides a glimpse into how illicit drugs disrupt the synapse through unique molecular mechanisms causing the drug user to feel 'high'.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Nida: Facts on Drugs: Cocaine
This extensive resource provides important facts about cocaine. Covers what they are, how they are used, the effects, street names and more. Additional valuable links are included.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Nida: Facts About Anabolic Steroids
An extensive resource providing facts about anabolic steroids. Covers what they are, how they are used, their names and more. Links to additional information are included.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Being Afraid
Everyone is afraid of something. Maybe you're afraid of heights, your friend might be scared of the big monster that lives in his closet, and your little sister is spooked by circus clowns. We all have different fears, and they may even...
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Partnership for a Drug Free America: Parents Guide to the Teen Brain
A complete guide to the development of the teenage brain. Find out about typical teenage behaviors, and the science behind their brain development that makes them act in certain ways.
American Academy of Family Physicians
Family doctor.org: Passing Healthy Habits on to Your Children
Teach your children how to live healthy when they are young. This helps them avoid making unhealthy choices and developing lifelong bad habits. This article offers examples of ways for parents to positively influence their children's...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Uppers, Downers and All Arounders
This lesson will help young scholars to understand how alcohol, tobacco and other drugs affect the human body and can impair an individual's actions.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Tobacco 101
This lesson will help students understand the short and long term effects of using tobacco as well as why it is addictive.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Drugs, Politics, and Culture
From mind-altering drugs for pleasure to the push for pharmaceutical drugs, while examining this course of history and its effects on the world, take advantage of these resources. Includes PDFs (require Adobe Reader).
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute on Drug Abuse: Drug Facts
This resource provides statistics and facts about the health effects of specific drugs, prevention and treatment, and survey data.
University of Washington
Neuroscience Resources for Kids: Ecstasy Mdma
Here, students can read about the dangers associated with the designer drug called ecstasy. Learn about the short-term and long-term effects associated with this dangerous drug. Included is information on proper brain function, as well...
Remedy Health Media
Health Scout: Drug Abuse
This article on drug abuse discusses and presents facts on the many different types of drugs available. The effects of these drugs are also mentioned. Also in the article is a section on the several stages of drug use and their...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Causes Addiction?
What causes addiction? Easy, right? Drugs cause addiction. But maybe it is not that simple. Kurzgesagt takes a closer look at some of the other factors involved. [5:41]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Power of the Placebo Effect
Emma Bryce dives into the mystery of placebos' bizarre benefits. [4:37]
PBS
Pbs Teachers: The Drug Dope Show
Understand the addiction process and factual information concerning various classes of drugs. Learn techniques for exerting positive peer pressure as well as withstanding negative peer pressure.
Other
Aspirin Foundation: 100 Years of Aspirin
This article tells the last 100 years' history of aspirin and Bayer's contribution. Links to more information about aspirin are also provided including a timeline.
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The Oas and the Inter American System
This site on the The OAS and the Inter-American System provides history, key dates, original and current member states, past and present secretaries general, and more.
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Pni: Obesity Management
From the Pacific Neuropsychiatric Institute, this site provides information about obesity management and the health benefits of psychopharmacology interventions.
Other
Pni: The Biopsychopharmacology of Vitamin B6
This website discusses the importance of the biopsychopharmacology of vitamin B6. B6 is critical to "extremely important metabolic processes in the nervous system." Mentions epilepsy and behavioral disturbances.