Drug and Alcohol Prevention Programs

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Drug and Alcohol Prevention Programs
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There are Several Drug and Alcohol Prevention
Programs

• MADD
• SADD
• Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
• Pennsylvania Department of Health
• Busted
• U.S Department of Health and Human Services

• Justice for Kids and Youth
• Prevention Online- SAMHSA
• Facts on Tap- ACDE- American Council for Drug
  Education
• CSPA- Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

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MADD- Mothers Against Drunk Driving

• www.madd.org or www.maddpa.org
• is a 501(c)(3) non-profit grass roots
  organization with more than 600 chapters
  nationwide. MADD is not a crusade against alcohol
  consumption - MADD's mission is to stop drunk
  driving, support the victims of this violent
  crime, and prevent underage drinking.

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SADD- Students Against Destructive Decisions

• www.saddonline.com
• SADD's mission simply statedTo provide students
  with the best prevention and intervention tools
  possible to deal with the issues of underage
  drinking, other drug use, impaired driving and
  other destructive decisions.

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Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board

• http//www.lcb.state.pa.us/edu/
• Alcohol Education and abuse prevention are a
  crucial part of the PLCB s mission. We work with
  other agencies and groups to reduce underage
  drinking and the misuse of alcohol beverages by
  legal consumers.

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BUSTED

• York County Tobacco-Free Coalition
• Busted is a movement made up of teens from all
  over Pennsylvania who want to tell the tobacco
  industry that if they think they can keep
  targeting Pennsylvania teens, they will be BUSTED!

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• http//prevention.samhsa.gov/
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
  Administration
• Center for Substance Abuse

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U.S. Department of Justice

• http//www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/getinvolved/1_3.htm
• Justice for Kids and Youth

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Prevention Online- PREVLINE

• http//www.health.org/
• Another program by SAMHSA and CSAP

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ACDE- American Council for Drug Education

• www.factsontap.org
• Geared toward College and College-Bound Students

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Girl Power

• http//www.girlpower.gov
• Excellent program for female youth ages 9-13
• Focuses on developing the self-esteem of females
  as the first and most important step in a
  prevention program

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K-5 Curriculum

• http//www.madd.org/under21/0,1056,3937,00.html
• pypm_at_madd.org 
• Protecting You / Protecting Me

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Prevention Curriculum for Secondary Education

• http//712educators.about.com/cs/drugawareness/
• Links to other Prevention Websites

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Classroom Activities

• Several activities can be found in the websites
  that I have provided in this presentation,
  however, there are some that I would like to
  share with you.

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Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board

• You can have students of all ages create a poster
  to be submitted to the LCB
• You can also have students create these posters
  to decorate the classroom
• Those who can not draw or do not want to draw can
  come up with a slogan
• Students can also come up with a poem

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Girl Power

• It is my belief that one of the best steps in
  creating a prevention program is to first address
  self-esteem
• Girl Power Provides excellent journals for your
  female students to write in
• Provides activities for females to demonstrate
  self-esteem and self-efficacy

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Center for Highway and Traffic Safety

• Goggles
• Walk a line
• Shoot baskets
• Race RC cars
• Race in big wheels around cones

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MADD Safe Party Guide

• Social Host Responsibility
• Never serve alcohol to someone under the legal
  drinking age, and never ask children to serve
  alcohol at parties
• Dont let guests mix their own drinks-
  bartender should keep track of size and number
  of drinks
• Never force a drink on a guest
• Close the bar 90 minutes before the party ends
• Drive a drunk guest home, get him/her a ride with
  a SOBER guest, call a taxi, or invite to stay
  over

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Continue- Non-Alcoholic Party Drinks

• Holiday Punch-
• 1 large jar car-grape juice
• 1 liter bottle ginger ale
• 1 container orange sherbet
• whole cranberries
• Combine juice and gingerale. Add sherbet by
  small scoops. (top with cranberries)

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Mild-Eyed Margarita

• 2 cups lemon or lime soda
• 2 T sugar
• Juice of ½ lime
• Salt
• Crushed Ice
• Pour soda into ice cube tray or shallow pan,
  freeze. Place into blender, add lime juice and
  sugar. Blend. Line glass w/ salt

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Videos and Literature

• All of the websites provided make available
  literature and videos that can be shared with
  students
• Most of the information is either FREE or are
  available at a low price

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Other Options

• Some other options may be to visit the websites
  of several tobacco and beer industries.
• Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
• www.beeresponsible.com

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