🧠 Part 1: Understanding Substances and Their Effects

1. Circle the substances that can affect your body and mind:

Alcohol

Caffeine (in soft drinks and coffee)

Cigarettes

Prescription medicines

Water

Illegal drugs

2. Match each substance with its possible effect on your body:

1. Alcohol

2. Caffeine

3. Cigarettes

4. Prescription medicine

A. Can make you feel jittery and keep you awake

B. Can damage your lungs and make breathing difficult

C. Can help you get better when used correctly

D. Can make you dizzy and affect your thinking

3. True or False: All medicines are safe to take whenever you want.

True

False

👥 Part 2: How Substance Use Affects Relationships

4. Fill in the blanks about how substance use can affect relationships:

When someone uses harmful substances, their _____________ might worry about them. Friends might feel _____________ or confused about their behaviour. Trust between people can be _____________ when someone makes poor choices about substances.

5. List three ways that making poor choices about substances could affect your friendships:

6. Which of these shows a healthy way to maintain good relationships? (Circle all that apply)

Being honest with your family about your choices

Hiding things from your friends

Asking for help when you need it

Making decisions that keep you and others safe

Ignoring your parents' concerns

🛡️ Part 3: Making Safe and Informed Choices

7. Imagine your friend offers you a cigarette. Write three different ways you could say "no" respectfully:

8. Who are three trusted adults you could talk to if you had questions about substances or felt pressured to try something?

9. Circle the best strategy for making informed decisions about substances:

Just do what your friends are doing

Learn about the effects and talk to trusted adults

Try everything once to see what happens

Make decisions quickly without thinking

🎨 Part 4: Creating Healthy Messages

10. Design a poster message that encourages young people to make healthy choices. Draw your poster design and write your message below:

Your poster message:

11. Complete this sentence: "Making healthy choices about substances helps me to..."

🤔 Part 5: Reflection - 3-2-1 Exit Ticket

12. Write 3 things you learned today about substances and healthy choices:

13. Write 2 ways you can make safe choices when it comes to substances:

14. Write 1 question you still have about this topic:

Drug Education Healthy Choices

Drug Education Healthy Choices

🧠 Part 1: Understanding Substances and Their Effects

👥 Part 2: How Substance Use Affects Relationships

🛡️ Part 3: Making Safe and Informed Choices

🎨 Part 4: Creating Healthy Messages

🤔 Part 5: Reflection - 3-2-1 Exit Ticket

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