Health Education: Substance Use

Substance Use Prevention aims to educate students on the effects of substance use on health, using refusal skills to avoid substance use, and identifying available resources for treatment if needed.

ACTIVITIES

• Tobacco Prevention Toolkit | Tobacco Prevention Toolkit | Stanford Medicine
• How Nicotine Affects the Teen Brain | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (nih.gov)
• Drug Prevention & Intervention Toolkit | Halpern-Felsher REACH Lab | Stanford Medicine
• Lesson Plans and Activities | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (nih.gov)

RESOURCES

• Education
  • Choose You - WA teens, avoid vapes & try healthy ways to unwind
  • NWESD Vaping Prevention Toolkit (google.com)
  • Prevention priorities | The Athena Forum
  • Youth Vaping Prevention Posters
    • English
    • Spanish
    • Arabic
    • Vietnamese
    • Classroom Poster Request Form
  • Addiction: Types, Causes, and Solutions (For Teens) - YouTube 
  • Choose your peace of mind - YouTube (Video)

• Cessation 

  • Quit Vaping | Smokefree Teen 
  • Teen Link Half Page Substance Use Flyer (teenlink.org)  
  • Youth Vaping Prevention & Resources to Quit | Truth Initiative