PROJECT TOWARDS NO DRUG ABUSE

Project TND

Project Towards No Drug Abuse is an effective drug abuse prevention program designed to help youth resist substance use.  The school-based program consists of interactive lessons that include motivational activities, social skills training, and decision-making components aimed at increasing the coping and self-control skills of high school students.

 

Program Content:

Interactive classroom sessions are taught to counteract the risk factors related

to drug abuse for older teens.  The curriculum details the social and health

consequences of drug use, corrects cognitive misconceptions, provides

tobacco cessation techniques, and promotes skills in active listening,

communication, stress management, coping, and self control.  The material

taught targets the use of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, and hard drugs,

as well as violence related behavior, through exploration of the following

topics:

• Cigarette use reduced by 27%
• Marijuana use reduced by 22%
• Alcohol use reduced by 9%
• Hard drug use reduced by 26%
• Weapon carrying among males reduced by 25%

 

 

Protective Factors

Targeted for an Increase

• Accurate knowledge of the course, consequences, and prevalence of substance abuse
• Communication, listening, and coping skills
• Empathetic understanding of the effects of substance abuse on others
• Knowledge of tobacco cessation strategies
• Understanding of the importance of health in achieving life goals
• Self awareness, self control, assertiveness, and conflict resolution skills
• Decision-making skills
• Commitment to not use substances
• Understanding the effects of substance abuse on the family
• School policies and enforcement strategies to prevent substance use
• Resistance to negative stereotyping by the community

 

Risk Factors

Targeted for a Decrease

• Low self-esteem
• Self defeating perceptions regarding substance use consequences
• Belief in substance use myths

• Cigarette use reduced by 27%
• Marijuana use reduced by 22%
• Alcohol use reduced by 9%
• Hard drug use reduced by 26%
• Weapon carrying among males reduced by 25%