Substance Use & Abuse

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Substance Abuse

PREVIEW

• This unit focuses on the differences between helpful and harmful drugs and chemicals. The harmful effects of alcohol and tobacco are discussed, and children are encouraged to practice refusal skills if offered anything harmful.

Essential Question(s)

1. What is poison?

2. What is an inhalant?

3. What are drugs?

4. What are medicines?

5. Why should you not take someone else's medicine?

6. Why should you not take medicine unless administered by a trusted adult?

7. What is the difference between over-the-counter and prescription medicine?

8. What should you do if someone offers you illegal drugs?

9. Why should you say no to illegal drugs?

10. Why is tobacco bad for you?

11. Why should you not consume alcohol?

Big Idea(s)

1. Poison is a substance that causes illness or death when it gets in the body.

2. An inhalant is a poison that is breathed in through the nose or mouth.

3. Drugs are something that changes the way your body acts or feels. When used as prescribed or directed, medicines are drugs that are legal. There are also drugs that are illegal or against the law.

4. Medicine is what you take when you are sick to get well. When used as prescribed or directed, medicines are drugs that are legal.

5. You should never give your medicine to someone else or take someone else's medicine. Medicine that helps one person might make someone else really sick.

6. You should not take medicine unless administered by a trusted adult. The most important part of taking medicine is following the directions. The directions tell you the dosage, which is how much medicine to take and how often to take it. Directions might tell you to take medicine with food, what time to take it, or keep it in the refrigerator. Or you might need to stay out of the sun. A trusted adult is one who takes care of making sure you know what the directions are and how to follow the directions when taking your medicine.

7. Over-the-counter medicines are medicines you can buy from a store without a prescription from a doctor. Prescription medicine is medicine that your doctor writes a prescription or order for that your trusted adult takes to a pharmacist to fill.

8. If someone offers you illegal drugs you should say "no" and walk away. If you see someone with illegal drugs at school or in your community, tell a trusted adult right away. Trusted adults in your community and at school want and need to keep everyone safe.

9. You should say "no" to illegal drugs because they are dangerous, can harm your growing body (lungs, heart, brain), can be addictive (a person's body needs more and more just to feel okay), and they are against the law.

10. Tobacco is bad for you because there is a drug called nicotine in it. Nicotine is a chemical that makes you feel hyper or tingly for a short time. Nicotine can be addictive, which means that when people use it more, their bodies and minds need more just to feel okay. Tobacco comes in many forms: cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco (loose leaf, plug, pouch, twist), pipes, and vape pens.

11. You should not consume alcohol because alcohol use in the teenage years or younger has been related to a wide range of health and social problems. Alcohol use during childhood has been related to increased health risks (including alcohol-related injuries), involvement in violence, risky behaviors, and it can affect the normal development of vital organs and functions, including the brain, liver, bones, and hormones.

LESSONS

Lesson 1 - Household Substances

Lesson 2 - Drugs & Medicine

Lesson 3 - Alcohol

Lesson 4 - Tobacco

Lesson 5 - Decision-Making

HPE Lesson Plans - Health - KHE, 1HE, 2HE, 3HE, 4HE, 5HE

Mental, Social & Emotional Health | Substance Use & Abuse | Disease Prevention | Nutrition & Fitness | Human Growth & Development | Safety | Health Helpers | A Healthful Place to Live | Safety | Mental, Social & Emotional Health | Substance Abuse & Disease Prevention | Growing Up Healthy

Disease Prevention

Staying Well (8)

PREVIEW

• This unit covers how germs cause disease, ways to control the spread of germs, and other ways to stay well. Strategies for lifelong disease prevention, including stress management, also are introduced.

THE BIG IDEA - What keeps you well?

• What do you do to stay well?

LESSONS

Lesson 1 - How Can Germs Make You Sick?

Lesson 2 - How Can Stress Make You Sick?

Lesson 3 - Manage Stress

Lesson 4 - When You Get Sick

Lesson 5 - Help Yourself Stay Well Right Now

Lesson 6 - Help Yourself Stay Well for Life