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National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® (NDAFW), an annual health observance, connects youth with resources about drugs, alcohol, and related health topics.
There are countless activities that teens, parents, caregivers, and teachers can do that don’t involve leaving the house. Here’s a list of our favorites:
- Learn how to recognize and respond to an overdose—this knowledge can save lives. NIDA’s Guide to Hosting a Naloxone Demonstration and slide presentation offer engaging, educational content about overdoses and the use of naloxone—a lifesaving medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose.
- Craft #MyWhyNDAFW Videos. Share your unique voice in the conversation around drug use prevention and positive mental health.
- Explore the Nurturing My Mental & Emotional Health and Stressed Out activities to help students find strategies to cope with stress and support their mental health.
- Play this new kahoot to test students’ knowledge on what causes drug overdoses and how to save a life using naloxone.
- Share the Is This Legit? Accessing Valid and Reliable Health Information activity to help students in grades 9 through 12 learn to access valid and reliable health information.
- Start a conversation using answers to teens’ 10 frequently asked questions about drugs and health.
- View videos and explore the activities and discussion questions in the NIDA Scientist Virtual Q&A Videos: Teacher’s Guide.
- Take the Kahoot! Quizzes:
- Kahoot! Know the Facts About Overdose – Test students’ knowledge on what causes drug overdoses and how to save a life using naloxone.
- Kahoot! National Drug & Alcohol IQ Challenge – Test students’ knowledge about drugs and alcohol with this short, interactive quiz.
- Kahoot! Coping With Stress – Take this quiz and learn how to cope with stress in a healthy way.
- Kahoot! Why are Drugs so Hard to Quit? – Test students' knowledge on addiction and the difficulty of quitting drug use.
- Kahoot! Underage Drinking – Test students’ knowledge on alcohol use and related health effects with this quiz from NIAAA.
- Share why you adopt healthy behaviors for mind and body using this #MyWhyNDAFW sign.
- Use free, science-based resources in classrooms and communities, or at home. These include activity ideas (below) on various topics; science- and standards-based classroom lessons and multimedia activities on teens and drugs; and the recently updated Mind Matters series, which helps teachers explain to students the effects of various drugs on the brain and body.
- Try the new virtual reality experience created by NIAAA, Alcohol and Your Brain.