Get Smart About Drugs, (Grades 7 - 9), a Weekly Reader publication articles

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To the Teacher.
January 1, 2001... Get Smart About Drugs is a research-based program that builds the skills students in grades seven through nine need to resist drug abuse. Unit themes and activities support the objectives of the National Institute on Drug Abuse's Drug...

Thriving Under Pressure. (Unit 1: Drugs and You).(preventing narcotic abuse)
January 1, 2001... Peer pressure can be very powerful. At times, teens give in to peer pressure to do drugs because they want to belong, to fit in with a group. They think going along with the group will make them cool or more popular. But it never does. However,...

Drug Users are Losers. (Unit 1: Drugs and You).(numbers)
January 1, 2001... Addiction is a problem for many people. Consider these statistics: * More than 600,000 people in the United States are addicted to heroin. * 120,000 people enter treatment each year for marijuana addiction. * More than 62 million...

Inhalants: Dangerous Drugs under your Nose. (Unit 1: Drugs and You).
January 1, 2001... Cocaine...marijuana... heroin...You probably recognize those as drugs that are illegal to use or possess. But what about these: nail polish remover, spray paint, lighter fluid, correction fluid? Are they drugs? Technically, these products...

Success with stress. (Unit 1: Drugs and You).(preventing narcotic abuse)
January 1, 2001... Using drugs never solves anyone's problems. Consider the following situation. Say you've got an older friend-- Al--and he's not getting along with his dad. He feels a lot of stress and anger, so he has a beer with some buddies. It seems to...

Alcohol: Truth and Consequences. (Unit 2: Alcohol).(avoiding alcoholism)
January 1, 2001... Question: What do these three things have in common? 1. A unicorn 2. A leprechaun 3. A beer commercial that tells the truth about alcohol Answer: You'll never see any of them. As a person under the age of 21, you're one of...

Get Sma about Drugs Grades 7-9. (Teacher's Guide).
January 1, 2001... Overview The purpose of Get Smart About Drugs, Grades 7-9, is to help students develop awareness of the effects and dangers inherent in the use and abuse of drugs, and to help them build the skills they need to resist peer pressure to...

Bac and You. (Unit 2: Alcohol).(drunk driving and youth)
January 1, 2001... In 1992 Thomas Richard Jones drank a quart of beer and took four pain-killing pills. Then he tried to drive home. Driving above the speed limit, he slammed into the side of a car in which six college students were riding. Two of the young women...

Binge Drinking Dangers. (Unit 2: Alcohol).
January 1, 2001... In the fall of 1997, Benjamin Wynne, a 20-year-old college student, received his college fraternity pledge pin. To celebrate, he went out drinking with fellow pledges and upperclassmen. The evening began with "funneling," in which a rubber hose...

Alcohol and Violence. (Unit 2: Alcohol).
January 1, 2001... Consider this statistic: According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 54 percent of people convicted of violent crimes and now in state prisons had used alcohol just before committing their offense. It's clear that alcohol and violence are...

Avoid the Nicotine Trap. (Unit 3: Tobacco).(don't smoke)
January 1, 2001... As a teenager, Patricia Henley was a lot like you. She was young and healthy and enjoyed participating in school activities. Then someone offered her a cigarette at a school dance. She smoked that cigarette and then a few more. Before long she...

Smokeless Tobacco and Other Fads. (Unit 3: Tobacco).
January 1, 2001... Most fads come and go without doing much harm. But some fads are dangerous, such as the use of smokeless tobacco, cigars, and a type of imported cigarette called "bidis." Smokeless tobacco, cigars, and bidis are promoted as "natural"...

How to Dump the Addiction. (Unit 3: Tobacco).
January 1, 2001... This section is about how to quit smoking and stay smoke-free. Wait! Don't flip to the next section just because you're a nonsmoker with no intention of ever smoking! You could use these tips someday to help a friend or family member stop...

Getting the Smoke Out. (Unit 3: Tobacco).
January 1, 2001... Going out to listen to music in clubs and bars used to mean putting up with smoke-filled rooms--and the watery eyes, sore throat, and smelly clothing that cigarette smoke causes. But that is changing. Some musicians and singers request...

Marijuana: Fact and Fiction. (Unit 4: Street Drugs).
January 1, 2001... Grass, weed, Mary Jane, pot, dope, cannabis, reefer, sinsemilla Even if you've never actually seen marijuana, you've probably heard most of its street names. Marijuana has been featured in so many movies that you may think you know all there is...

The Effects of Crack and Cocaine on Crime. (Unit 4: Street Drugs).
January 1, 2001... What drug pops into your mind when you hear the phrase "the war on drugs"? For most Americans, the word is "cocaine." While statistics might show that other drugs are more heavily used or cause more overdoses, cocaine is the drug that gets...

Club Drugs: Little Pills, Big Dangers. (Unit 4: Street Drugs).(the dangers of using club drugs)
January 1, 2001... Recreational" drugs. "Designer" drugs. "Club" drugs. The words used to describe them make these drugs sound like they're nothing but fun. Unfortunately, they are just as often connected with words like these: permanent brain damage, date rape,...

Steering Clear of Steroids. (Unit 4: Street Drugs).(the dangers of using anabolic steroids)
January 1, 2001... Guys on the big screen and in ads are totally buff. Some have proportions that are almost impossible to achieve--without the use of steroids. How much do these images influence teens? The Drug Enforcement Administration says that the number of...