Khan Academy: Risk Factors for Drug Use and Drug Abuse

In cooperative groups, middle schoolers contemplate the probability of 18 different situations occurring. After they make predictions, they compare them to the actual risk factors. This eye-opening exercise demonstrates that the odds of...

Are there factors that put some individuals at a higher risk for drug addiction than others? Learn more about the risk factors that may make some people more susceptible to addiction, as well as protective factors that help prevent...

A Khan Academy lesson identifies the risk factors for strokes. [11:37]

Drug interactions can be dangerous. Viewers of a short video learn about some well-known and some not-so-well-known interactions that can lead to serious consequences.

An overview of psychoactive drugs: depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and opiates.

A thorough reference providing the definition of equilibrium constant Kp for gas phase reactions, and how to calculate Kp from Kc.

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Find out some general and specific transcription factors. Learn about transcription initiation complex and looping as well as combinatorial regulation.

This is a five-question quiz related to pancreatitis and alcohol abuse.

Marijuana affects the brain differently than inhalants, which have a different effect than opioids. Elementary and middle school classes read about these drugs as well as nicotine, methamphetamine, hallucinogens, and steroids before...