National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute on Drug Abuse
The National Institute on Drug Abuse offers information on drug abuse, publications, news releases, legislation, and more.
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Kids Health: What You Need to Know About Drugs
Students are curious about drugs and this is a simple site that delves into what they need to know: what drugs are good and what drugs are harmful, what are illegal drugs, like heroin and marijuana, and why are they illegal. The authors...
PBS
Pbs Kids: It's My Life: Drug Abuse, Getting It Straight
Get the facts straight about illegal drug use and other substance abuse. Take interactive quizzes, participate in virtual teen surveys, and read answers to current questions about drug abuse.
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).
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Department of Health and Human Services: Straight Talk About Drugs
Just as the title implies, this is a straight forward approach for kids to learn the effects of drugs directed towards girls.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Nida: Survey Provides Data on Drug Use During Pregnancy
Read this fascinating article from NIDA with unbelievable statistics of women using drugs during pregnancy. See chart showing drug use during pregnancy among racial and ethnic groups.
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National Institute on Drug Abuse: Club Drugs
This resource provides information and addresses concerns over popular "club drugs," including ecstasy. Read about the side effects of ecstasy, GHB, Ketamine, Rohypnol, Methamphetamine, and LSD.
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Partnership for a Drug Free America: Drug Guide for Parents [Pdf]
Do you know the drugs teens abuse? This drug guide shows the top thirteen drugs most commonly abused by teens, including their street names, photos, effects, and signs of abuse.
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Drug Watch International: Truth and Lies: Drug User Accountability
Article presents perceptions on illegal drugs are confronted and the untruths are dispelled. This article is meant to show that drug use is not a victimless crime.
USA Today
Three Factors Threaten Teens
Learn main reasons why teenagers experiment with illegal drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes. This article provides statistics about teen drug abuse, discussion questions, and a writing activity.
Read Works
Read Works: Drug War
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about problems created by the drug trade in America and in other countries. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: What You Need to Know About Drugs
Drugs are chemicals that change the way a person's body works. Some drugs help you feel better, but drugs also can harm you. Learn more in this article for kids.
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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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Drug Awareness
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is an introductory and informative lesson about (illegal) drug use and abuse. It is geared towards 8th grade, but can be adapted. It has symptoms of use, the effects drugs have on health, addiction...
US Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drug Administration: Controlled Substances Act
Full text of the Controlled Substances Act.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Development of Substance Use Why People Use Legal and Illegal Substances?
Discussed are the four reasons why people start using substances and the psychological models of why people continue to take legal and illegal substances.
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Prenatal Drug Exposure and Drug Abusing Environments
Here, read findings based on clinical studies and medical research which focus on prenatal drug exposure and its short-term and long-term effects. Learn about how methamphetamine, cocaine, and alcohol can cause problems for developing...
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March of Dimes: Illicit Drug Use During Pregnancy
This article on prenatal exposure to ecstasy, heroin, cocaine, and other drugs discusses how illicit substances not only affect a developing baby, but also affect children long after the initial exposure.
USA Today
Usa Today: Survey Reveals Teen Use of Ecstasy Declined in '02
This article from a 2002 study that examined drug-use trends among teens. Includes statistics about ecstasy use, as well as the use of other illicit drugs, discussion questions, and an activity for small groups.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: For Teens: Mdma (Ecstasy)
Ecstasy is a dangerous drug that can cause hallucinations. Read more about this drug in this article just for teens.
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Nacla: Young Assassins of the Drug Trade
Tells about the life of young drug traffickers, why and how they become a part of the drug world. From an article written in 1994 for the North American Congress on Latin America.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: For Teens: Marijuana
Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug in the United States. Get the facts about it in this article for teens.
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Partnership for a Drug Free America: Play Healthy
Get the facts on the use and abuse of performance enhancing substances in sports. Includes toolkits, contest information, fact sheets, and other resources.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: For Teens: Lsd
LSD is a dangerous hallucinogenic drug. Find out more in this article for teens.
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