Pubdate: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 Source: Sun Herald (MS) Copyright: 2003, The Sun Herald Contact: http://www.sunherald.com Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/432 NIE: MAKE A DIFFERENCE An NIE educational activity DISCUSSION TOPICS Talk about ways you can take charge of your life in relation to drugs. How can YOU as a group become an active force in IMPROVING the quality of life in your school? Develop a proposal to address ways to help students become more informed about the effects of smoking and using other drugs; ways to seek assistance to quit smoking or using, and ways to avoid or resist the temptation to smoke, use illicit drugs, or misuse prescription drugs. This can be a brief proposal that can be submitted to the appropriate people, such as student council, the principal, or a Community group (Rotary Club, MADD, SADD, etc.). A few examples of what students in other high schools across the country have done along these lines: In one school, a handful of students created a smoking cessation program to assist smokers who wanted to stop smoking. In another school, some students created a bookmark with some emergency phone numbers to be used if a friend has overdosed, may have alcohol poisoning, or feels intimidated about using drugs. In another school, students created and ran a conflict resolution program. Source: DARE America ASAPS University of Akron Study 9th-Grade Curriculum - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Stevens