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Technology Tip Number 148
Kids and Drug Use Prevention

Little kindergarteners turn into 1st graders and eventually elementary kids turn into middle schoolers and then those young teens turn into high schoolers who we hope graduate into adulthood successfully. One rite of passage after the other right?

Unfortunately there are other, less socially accepted rights of passage for teenagers that involve the use and abuse of illegal drugs. Students are learning to use technology like the internet to assist them in abusing drugs. In today’s technology tip we’d like to share with you some websites that can help educators and other adults become better educated on issues involving illegal drug use.

Street Drugs, Drug Abuse & Adiction:
http://www.streetdrugs.org/ Move down the page and click on the drug names to see pictures and description of them.
Information for Teachers & Parents:
http://www.drugabuse.gov/parents-educators Lots of free resources for teachers
Drugs of Abuse Information:
http://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse More information about specific drugs
Drug Enforcement Agency: Drug Fact Sheets:
http://www.justice.gov/dea/druginfo/factsheets.shtml

Additional resources outside of the United States:

Metropolitan Police in the U.K.: Drugs action and Advice
http://content.met.police.uk/Site/drugsdirectorate
European Commission: Drug Prevention and Information Programme
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/grants/programmes/drug/
Victoria Department of Education, Learning and Teaching Drug Education
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/health/pages/drugedulearn.aspx
Foundation for Alcohol and Drug Education in New Zealand
http://www.fade.org.nz/
Teen Challenge Canada: Canadian Drug Crisis Facts
http://www.teenchallenge.ca/get-help/canadian-drug-crisis
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: World Drug Report 2010
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/WDR-2010.html

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2012

PRACTICE ACTIVITY: Educate yourself on the dangers of drugs sometime today. Just choose a couple of the links above and see what you can learn. Ignorance should not be an excuse for inaction.

TO KEEP ON LEARNING: This can be pretty scary stuff. But if you'd like to learn more about illegal drug use prevention try searching the internet for:

Drug use prevention
Drug Abuse Signs
Controlled substances

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Technology Tip Number 148
Kids and Drug Use Prevention