Personal Responsibility:

Drug and Alcohol Use

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If you have not tried drugs, exploring the information on this Web site will help to support your decision to stay drug-free. If you have considered trying drugs or are currently using drugs, the information on this Web site should help convince you to stay away from drugs and to get help if you need it.

To complete these activities, visit the site entitled “Heads Up: Real News about Drugs and Your Body”

For additional information about how drugs affect your brain and your body, check out: http://sarasquest.org/. At this Web site you will find a fun, interactive magazine about the brain and drugs. After you have completed the activities at the scholastic site and read the Sara’s Quest magazines you are going to take the Sara’s Quest Challenge. If you don’t have a high speed connection, be sure to use the “text version” of the challenge. After successfully completing the challenge you can register to receive a free poster as your reward.

Follow-Up Activity:   Can you think of a friend who might like to do this activity with you? Ask them. Use the Ask a Friend form to help you figure out how you will decide who to ask to do this activity with you and how you will ask them.

If you know someone using drugs it can be difficult to know how to help. By completing the “Heads Up: Real News about Drugs and Your Body” activities and the Sara’s Quest Challenge you have already armed yourself with a lot of valuable information. This is a great first step.

For some additional information, visit http://www.channelone.com/news/2002/05/17/drug_town_hall/ to find the answers to several questions posed by students about drug use. The questions were answered by John P. Walters, the Director of the Office of the National Drug Control Policy. To see the questions and his answers, click on the icon that says “See the Pics.”

Follow-Up Activity:   Is there someone you might like to share this activity with? Use the Ask a Friend form to help you figure out how you will decide who to ask to do this activity with you and how you will ask them.

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