1. Complete: Talking About Drug Use worksheet
Drug Unit Overview
Complete: Talking About Drug Use worksheet

2. Healthy Behavior Outcome
Make choices about drugs that support a healthy lifestyle.

3. Lesson Objectives The students will be able to:
Identify appropriate and inappropriate reasons why a person would use a drug.
Analyze the trends of drug use by reviewing data from the Ohio Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) to build positive group norms.
Identify the negative social, physical and psychological impact of drug abuse. Examples include: relationships with others; in the community; the health of the user; academic success; and future goals, including job/career and finances.
Analyze factors that contribute to drug use and how to combat them.

4. Review Worksheet: Talking About Drug Use
What is a drug?
Can drugs be helpful? How?
Are a majority of teens using drugs?
What are the consequences of taking an illegal or legal drug inappropriately?
Provide reasons why some people abuse drugs and an alternative to combat each reason.

5. Are a Majority of Teens Abusing Drugs?
The Ohio Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) provides data about teen health behaviors in Ohio.
Let’s take a closer look and see how teens in Ohio are doing according to the 2013 Ohio YRBS findings.

6. How Many Ohio Youth… Drank alcohol in the past 30 days? Take a guess…
Answer: 30%
*That means 70% are currently not using alcohol.

7. How Many Ohio Youth… Used marijuana in the past 30 days? Take a guess…
Answer: 21%
*That means 79% are currently not using marijuana.

8. How Many Teens… Smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days? Take a guess…
Answer: 15%
*That means 85% are currently not smoking.

9. How Many Teens…
Used heroin one or more times during their lifetime? Take a guess…
Answer: 2%
*That means 98% have never used heroin.

10. How Many Teens… Used prescription drugs recreationally? Take a guess…
Answer: 13%
*That means 87% are not abusing prescription drugs.

11. Are a Majority of Teens Abusing Drugs?NO
A majority of teens are making good choices about drug use.

12. Carousel Activity How do drugs effect… Family Friends Society Health
Education
Future

13. PSA: Drug Free World
What effects of drugs did you see in the video clip?
Let’s take a closer look at the short- and long-term effects of drugs on physical, psychological, and social health.

14. Long- and Short-Term Effects of Drugs
Physical
Short Term
Long Term
Inability to sit still or sleep
Slowed breathing
Nausea
Dizziness
Poor Coordination
Memory Problems
Weak muscles
Permanent heart, brain and lung damage
Heart attack

15. Long- and Short-Term Effects of Drugs
Psychological
Short Term
Long Term
Anxiety
Panic
Confusion
Mood swings and strong emotions
Memory problems
Anxiety disorders
Permanent mental problems
Problems processing information

16. Long- and Short-Term Effects of Drugs
Social
Short Term
Long Term
Hang out with others who abuse drugs
Withdraw from family and friends
Activities involve drug use
Incarceration
Loss of relationships
Break trust
Isolation
Homelessness
Take extremes to get more of the drug

17. Exit Ticket
Write a negative physical (body), psychological (mind), and social (relationships with others) effect of drug use.
Why will you not abuse drugs?