Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.3B Grade 12 CPI 6

 

Standard: 2.3 - Drugs & Medicine

 

Strand: B - Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator:  6 - The student will predict the physical, behavioral, and legal impacts of commonly abused substances, such as marijuana, inhalants, anabolic steroids, and party drugs.

 

Grade: 12

 

Sample Activities:

 

·       TRENDS IN THE USE OF ATODS - Students trace the historical trends of substance use (e.g., the use of patent medicines, the drug culture of the sixties). Then divide the class into two groups. The first group researches and presents emerging trends and theories about substance abuse. The second group focuses on advances in the pharmaceutical industry, including the ways drugs are developed, tested, and marketed. Groups predict trends and issues and develop a multimedia presentation on their topic.

Variation: Invite a representative from a pharmaceutical company to address the class about product development, testing, clinical trials, and the marketing of new pharmaceuticals.