1. Drugs and
Alcohol
Middle/High School
Lesson Plans

2. What Are Drugs
and Alcohol?
Lesson Plan: #1

3. What are drugs?
Chemicals that change the way a person’s
body works.

4. Types of Drugs
 Marijuana
 Cocaine
 Heroin
 Inhalants
 Ecstasy
 Meth
 Tobacco (Cigarettes)
 Prescription Drugs

5. What is alcohol?
A strong drink or intoxicating beverage.
 Also known as spirits, booze, the hard stuff,
moonshine, the bottle, the sauce, white
lighting.

6. What can drugs
and alcohol do to
my body?

7. Effects of Alcohol

8. Addiction: The
Facts

9. “Why is it so hard to quit?”

10. Group Work
Lesson Activity #1

11. Drugs and Your Body
Objective: Students will understand how drugs
affect the body.
Materials:
Smart Board
Drugs and Your Body Web Interactive
Directions:
1. Project the web interactive on the Smart
Board and walk through it as a class.

12. Drugs and Your Body
http://www.scholastic.com/drugs-and-your-
body/

13. LETS TALK!!!
 What are some of your reactions?
 What are some of your feelings?
 Did you learn something new?

14. Group Work
Lesson Activity: 2

15. Using Drugs: Who Becomes
Addicted?
Objective: Student will be able to identify risk
factors of addiction.
Materials: Using Drugs worksheet
Time: 15-20 min
Directions:
1. Provide each student with a copy of the Using
Drugs: Who Becomes Addicted? worksheet
2. Provide the students enough time to complete
the worksheet.
3. Discuss the Think it Through section.

16. Using Drugs: Who Becomes
Addicted

17. Resources
 http://teens.drugabuse.gov/
 http://www.thecoolspot.gov/index.asp
 http://headsup.scholastic.com/teachers/
 http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/index.html
 http://kidshealth.org/