Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

• Offered for Grades 5 through 12
• 6 to 10 Lessons Dependent on Grade Level
• Service Leaning Project

All grades will cover the topics of what tobacco, alcohol, and other substances are and their health repercussions. Older students will go further in depth on topics like driving while intoxicated and how to support their friends who are quitting or abstaining from drug use. The curriculum will cover how to say no to substance use, analyzing advertisements, and how to identify and react to external pressures, to name a few. At the end of the program, students will be asked to participate in a service learning project for them to show their knowledge and mastery on the skills they learned. They will be asked to present a persuasive solution to the problem of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among youth. This will allow them to advocate for a drug-free environment. Skills that students will gain on completion of this program include:

• Effective use of “I” Statements
• Analyze influences on drug use
• Decision making
• Avoid exposure to tobacco
• Refusal skills
• Support others who want to stop using alcohol or tobacco