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Resources for the Classroom

Below are a few educational resources we recommend for classroom lessons on drug and alcohol prevention.

Drugs + Your Body – from Scholastic, a website with images and information on how drugs affect the body
Partnership to End Addiction – resources to inform, education and support others to prevent and address substance use most effectively.
Mouse Party by University of Utah – game demonstrates the effects of different drug use on the brain (requires Adobe Flash)
National Institute on Drug Abuse – lessons, activities, and drug facts to educate teens about the effects and consequences of drug use.
University of Utah- The Science of Addiction: Genetics and the Brain– interactive educational activities around the science of addiction.

Updated 11/22/23

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