5-15-2012 Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

Teching the CCCS

Comprehensive Health and Physical Education

Grades 5-8

Drugs and Medicines: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

2.3 Drugs and Medicines: All students will acquire knowledge about alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and medicines and apply these concepts to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
B. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs				RESOURCES
6	There is a strong relationship between individuals who abuse drugs and increased intentional and unintentional health-risk behaviors.	2.3.6.B.1	Explain the system of drug classification and why it is useful in preventing substance abuse.	Heads Up on Scholastic NIDA for Teens Teens Health: Drugs and Alcohol ATOD Lesson: 3-5 ATOD Lesson: 4-5 Dept. of Ed Programs TCADR: Tip Sheets Above the Influence AA American Counsel for Drug Education American Society of Addition Medicine Canadian Center on Substance Abuse Smoking and Tobacco Use Youth and Tobacco Check Yourself Listen Drug Strategies CU: Community Standards and Wellness - ATOD Substance Abuse and Addictive Behavior Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco DAODAS Drugs of Abuse Web of Addictions Helping Others Live Sober Prevent Underage Drinking Stop Underage Drinking Monitoring the Future MADD Close to Home Empowered Parent NCADD Inhalant Abuse Information Childhood Drinking Coalition Drug Endangered Children The Anti-Drug Drug Free.org Harvard Study Too Smart to Start The Cool Spot
		2.3.6.B.2	Relate tobacco use and the incidence of disease.
		2.3.6.B.3	Compare the effect of laws, policies, and procedures on smokers and nonsmokers.
		2.3.6.B.4	Determine the impact of the use and abuse of alcohol on the incidence of illness, injuries, and disease, the increase of risky health behaviors, and the likelihood of harm to one’s health.
		2.3.6.B.5	Determine situations where the use of alcohol and other drugs influence decision-making and can place one at risk.
		2.3.6.B.6	Summarize the signs and symptoms of inhalant abuse.
		2.3.6.B.7	Analyze the relationship between injected drug use and diseases such as HIV/AIDS and hepatitis.
8	There is a strong relationship between individuals who abuse drugs and increased intentional and unintentional health-risk behaviors.	2.3.8.B.1	Compare and contrast the physical and behavioral effects of commonly abused substances by adolescents.
		2.3.8.B.2	Predict the legal and financial consequences of the use, sale, and possession of illegal substances.
		2.3.8.B.3	Analyze the effects of all types of tobacco use on the aging process.
		2.3.8.B.4	Compare and contrast smoking laws in New Jersey with other states and countries.
		2.3.8.B.5	Explain the impact of alcohol and other drugs on those areas of the brain that control vision, sleep, coordination, and reaction time and the related impairment of behavior, judgment, and memory.
		2.3.8.B.6	Relate the use of alcohol and other drugs to decision-making and risk for sexual assault, pregnancy, and STIs.
		2.3.8.B.7	Explain the impact of inhalant use and abuse on social, emotional, mental, and physical wellness.
		2.3.8.B.8	Analyze health risks associated with injected drug use.