Drug+and+Alcohol+Use+and+Prevention+Within+Schools

==Higher Education Center == > > > > The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention Education Development Center, Inc. > > 55 Chapel Street > > Newton, MA 02458-1060 > > 800-676-1730 > > higheredcenter.org ==D.A.R.E. == > > > > D.A.R.E. America > > 9800 La Cienega Boulevard, Suite 401 > > Inglewood, CA 90301 > > 800-223-DARE > > dare.com ==SADD ==
 * High [|school] students begin using drugs or alcohol for a variety of reasons. Students often learn the behaviors from their parents or [|family] members, are influenced by their peers, face difficult transitions and stress or have a lack of community involvement and easy availability of drugs and alcohol. National organizations aim to prevent alcohol and drug use by students by providing them with positive opportunities and encouraging positive, healthy [|relationships] with their peers. (O'Connell, A)
 * The Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention is an organization funded by the United States Department of Education that provides information and assistance to high school and college students. It aims to prevent illegal alcohol and drug use among high school students as they transition to college life, and it offers resources for students and parents to promote healthy lifestyles.
 * Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE), founded in 1983 in Los Angeles, provides high school students with skills to avoid getting involved with drugs, gangs and violence, and is implemented in 75 percent of school districts nationwide. Students are taught strategies to resist peer pressure and live productive lives. Lessons are taught in the classroom and <span style="background-color: transparent !important; border-bottom: #006400 0.07em solid; border-top-style: none; bottom: auto; color: #006400 !important; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: none; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal !important; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static !important; right: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline !important; top: auto; vertical-align: baseline;">led by police officers.
 * Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) is a national group of students who encourage other students to make positive decisions and stay away from drugs and alcohol. The organization's original mission was to discourage young people from drinking and driving. Now, the group's mission is to provide students with prevention tools to positively deal with the issues of illegal drinking, drug use, impaired driving and other destructive decisions. The groups in high school are led by students who are positive role models, and use positive peer pressure to encourage other students to make good decisions.

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O'Connell, A. (Sept 3, 2010). //High School Drug and Alcohol Programs Nationwide//. Retrieved from []

By:Riley Mace