Media messages can be very effective in changing young people’s attitudes about drug use. The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy has been effective in helping youth to resist the pressures that they experience about substances. About forty percent of teens said that anti-alcohol TV and print ads make them less likely to try medicines. DFPA provides various Drug addiction treatment programs to help parents, teachers and other caring adults to learn skills that help in protecting children & teens.

1. Media messages can be very effective in changing young people’s
attitudes about drug use. The White House Office of National Drug
Control Policy has been effective in helping youth to resist the
pressures that they experience about substances. About forty percent
of teens said that anti-alcohol TV and print ads make them less likely to
try medicines. DFPA provides various Drug addiction
treatment programs to help parents, teachers and other caring adults
to learn skills that help in protecting children & teens.
https://medialiteracy.drugfreepa.org/

2. In order to protect youth from media’s negative influence, we
teach media persons about the advertising skills. It fits very
effectively into the context of health education and also links to
skill development in language arts, social studies, journalism &
the visual arts. Some of the basic skills encountered by our
program while making awareness messages about drugs are:
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3. •Help students to distinguish between facts and opinions
•To recognize claims or symptoms backed up by the
evidences
•To recognize how, why or what; messages appeal to us
•Increase student’s ability to choose media videos
effectively
•To evaluate the quality and accuracy of what they see
&read
•Sharpening awareness of the unstated but implied
messages
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Media and adolescent health

4. Drug Free Pennsylvania’s program ‘The media straight up’
is a middle school curriculum designed to assist educators
and prevention specialists in guiding kids to make more
informed decisions as avoiding substances and alcohol-
related behaviors. We also teach you that how traditional
and online media influence the society. We organize
various seminars & webinars for educators and prevention
specialists who want to become a leader in media literacy.
https://medialiteracy.drugfreepa.org/

5. https://medialiteracy.drugfreepa.org/

6. If you prefer to reach us by phone, please call
1.800.533.3394.
Slate Hill Business Center
Suite 110
3901 Hartzdale Dr.
Camp HIll, PA 17011
717.232.0300
717.232.5400 fax
https://medialiteracy.drugfreepa.org/