SAMHSA
Evidence-Based
Drug Prevention Curriculum
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Award Winning Evidence-Based Drug Education Program
The Narconon Science-Based Truth About Drugs Video Program is a highly interactive program that is easy to use and requires little or no preparation to implement.
It comes complete with a full complement of engaging DVDs, lesson plans, worksheets, teachers guide and supplementary digital footage for teachers, parents and students.
This is an exceptional evidence-based prevention curriculum. It’s state-of-the-art interactive approach takes drug education to a whole new level.
Facilitation can be broken down into time-sensitive modules providing educators with flexibility while at the same time ensuring the highest quality education on the subject of drugs.
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Cigarette Smoking |
Smokeless Tobacco |
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Alcohol Consumption |
Binge Drinking |
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Marijuana Use |
Amphetamine Use |
SAMSHA:
Preventing Youth
Marijuana Use
The Narconon Truth About Drugs Video Program
Excerpts from Videos
Drugs and the Body
The Marketing of Drugs
Over Four Decades of Experience in Educating Youth
To develop effective evidence-based drug education, Narconon staff first had to address where past drug education efforts had failed. “Scare tactics”, fear or reasoning by providing information alone never worked.
To accomplish this, we first asked youths to tell us what would work: we surveyed over 165,000 students to learn, from youths themselves, precisely how to influence youth regarding:
Decisions to stop using drugs (for those who had already used them.
Perceptions about drugs such as would change their mind from possibly trying or using drugs to a firm decision not to use them.
What might support and strengthen their decision not to use drugs (when they state they are already against them).
Social Influences a Key in
Substance Abuse Prevention
Information and education about the drug problem–the TAD program covers the effects of drugs on the body, emotions and the mind, as well as how to recognize the more subtle ways drugs are glamorized in the media
Interactive activities such as discussions, group sessions, parenting and family involvement, and peer leader programs outperform other methods–the TAD program includes small group drills and take-home practicals to be done with other students, parents and family members.
Supplying appealing alternatives to drug use–the TAD program helps youth set realistic goals and take actual steps towards achieving them.
Involving community volunteers and coalitions. Mentoring programs have been shown to reduce drug use and increase positive attitudes toward academics. In most communities, the school is an extension of the neighborhood, part of the prevention efforts and a teacher can be a valuable mentor to their students.
Changing community attitudes and norms on drug use. Interventions that affect knowledge, attitudes, and norms based on the person’s interaction with the environment are effective. In particular, the Narconon Truth About Drugs Video program presents key drug data in a format that also develops social and life skills; methods known to increase prevention program effectiveness.
The war on drugs has been raging for decades and there is little sign of victory. Although youth are swamped with anti-drug messages, kids keep taking illegal drugs, the drugs are getting more dangerous, and the toll on individual health, disrupted families and communities is soaring.
Therefore, since inception, the Narconon program has centered on educating youth using key principles from the humanitarian works of L. Ron Hubbard–principles supported in the scientific literature.
Science and Evidence based program
The Narconon drug education program is supported by multiple studies, including a controlled high school prevention trial, analysis of its mechanisms of action, and preliminary outcome evaluations.
Tools are also available to assess program effectiveness in various settings.
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ISAMHSA Evidence-Based Presentation Program
Comprehensive Drug Prevention Curriculum
Elementary School Kit
The Truth About Drugs Prevention Kit for Elementary School is a research-validated substance abuse prevention program shown to reduce alcohol consumption and drunkenness, tobacco and smokeless tobacco use, marijuana use and use of other substances.
Middle School Kit
The Truth About Drugs Prevention Kit for Middle School is a research-validated substance abuse prevention program shown to reduce alcohol consumption and drunkenness, tobacco and smokeless tobacco use, marijuana use and use of other substances.
High School Curriculum
The interactive curriculum imparts science-based information from fields as diverse as toxicology, forensic science, nutrition, marketing, pharmacology and many others.
Online Courses
The Truth About Drugs Prevention Curriculum for High School is a research‐validated substance abuse prevention program shown to reduce alcohol consumption and drunkenness, tobacco and smokeless tobacco use, marijuana use and use of other substances.
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To develop effective evidence-based drug education, Narconon staff first had to address.
The Truth about drugs curriculum
This research-validated, interactive curriculum spans elementary through high school and includes online courses. It draws on diverse fields such as toxicology, forensic science, and pharmacology to deliver engaging, science-based substance abuse prevention proven to reduce use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs.
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Narconon staff first had to address.
Stealthy Methods Teens Use to Hide their Drugs
Is Marijuana a Gateway Drug?
