Educators
Explore interactive resources designed to empower students to make smart, healthy choices when confronted with peer pressure and the risk of substance misuse.
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Interactive Animation
Engage in an interactive animated adventure empowering healthy choices and decision-making skills.
Think It Through: A choose-your-own-path experience
Facing the common consequences of poor time management, students will practice healthy decision-making skills to navigate a hectic day while faced with various social pressures and quick fixes leading up to the big test!
Educator Guide
Build background knowledge, guide discussions, and engage in activities to empower students in the practice of making healthy choices when facing peer pressure related to substance misuse.
Impacts of Social Media
Learn about being mindful and constructive when spending time online with this wellness activity.
Social Influence
Learn about navigating peer pressure through positive interactions with this wellness activity.
Stress Management
Learn about proactive stress management techniques with this wellness activity.
Grades K–5
Medication Safety (K–2)
Grades K–2
Video
5:14 min
Meet Dani, a CVS Pharmacist who will explain what medications are, how to make sure medicines are taken safely and what to do in case of an emergency.
Lesson
45-60 min
Students will be introduced to the power of medicine and the importance of medication safety. They will learn about prescription medicine, over-the-counter medicine, and vitamins, and they will understand what to do in case of an emergency.
Grades 6–8
Mental Health (6–12)
Grades 6–12
Video
4:47 min
Meet James, a CVS pharmacist who will talk to students about benzodiazepines, a class of drugs that may be used to treat the most severe types of anxiety, and how they can be dangerous if misused or combined with other substances.
Lesson
45-60 min
Students will learn that mental health is a key component of overall health, review strategies to support their mental health, and explore the effects stress, anxiety, and depression can have on the brain and body. Students will learn about the role prescription medications can play in the treatment of anxiety and depression and review the risks associated with misusing prescription medications or other substances.
Grades 9–12
Mental Health (6–12)
Grades 6–12
Video
4:47 min
Meet James, a CVS pharmacist who will talk to students about benzodiazepines, a class of drugs that may be used to treat the most severe types of anxiety, and how they can be dangerous if misused or combined with other substances.
Lesson
45-60 min
Students will learn that mental health is a key component of overall health, review strategies to support their mental health, and explore the effects stress, anxiety, and depression can have on the brain and body. Students will learn about the role prescription medications can play in the treatment of anxiety and depression and review the risks associated with misusing prescription medications or other substances.
Prescription Medication Misuse and the Adolescent Brain and Body
In this interactive module, students will learn about the effects of prescription medication misuse on the developing adolescent brain and body and use this information to help them make informed and responsible decisions when confronted with peer pressure regarding the misuse of prescription medications.
Fact:
Overall, 50% of teens have misused a drug at least one time. That can include taking a non-prescribed medication, taking prescription medications or over-the-counter drugs at doses beyond what’s prescribed, and similar activities.
- National Center for Drug Abuse (2020)