Introduces Project ALERT to students, sets the tone for the program, and clarifies reasons why people do and don't use substances.

Project ALERT Sample Letter to Parents Guardians Spanish

Project ALERT Sample Letter to Parents Guardians English

Optional Process Measurement: Lessons Activity Checklists

Optional Outcomes Measurement: Brief Student Survey - Paper

Lesson 1 Teacher Manual (2023)

Lesson 1 Instructional Slides (2023)

Lesson 1 Teacher Manual (2023) Spanish

Video: Let's Talk about Marijuana

Introduction to Project ALERT

Motivates students to resist substance use by having them identify immediate and later consequences of vaping and smoking nicotine and marijuana; and increases students' perceptions that using nicotine and marijuana impacts their daily lives and social relationships.

Lesson 2 Teacher Manual (2023)

Lesson 2 Instructional Slides (2023)

Poster: Marijuana Can Damage You In The Long Run

Poster: Marijuana Can Affect You Right Away

Poster: Nicotine Is Addicting

Poster: Vaping and Smoking Affects Your Heart and Lungs

Poster: Vaping and Smoking Makes You Less Attractive

Lesson 2 Teacher Manual (2023) Spanish

Poster: Vaping Leads To...

Video: Pot the Party Crasher

Consequences of Using Nicotine and Marijuana

Identifies reasons why people drink alcohol; demonstrates similarities between drinking and marijuana; presents how alcohol is used to cover feelings; discusses consequences of drinking; and brainstorms alternatives to drinking.

Lesson 3 Alternatives to Drinking

Lesson 3 Teacher Manual (2023)

Lesson 3 Instructional Slides (2023)

Poster: Drinking To Cover Your Feelings

Poster: Alcohol Can Damage You In the Long Run

Lesson 3 Teacher Manual (2023) Spanish

Poster: Alcohol Can Harm You Any Time You Drink

Lesson 3 Alcohol Facts Game Sheet

Consequences of Drinking Alcohol

Marks the transition into the skill-building section of the curriculum; helps students resist pressures to use drugs by identifying what the different pressures are and where they come from; and counters the belief that 'everyone uses' with up-to-date survey information indicating that most teenagers do not use substances.

Download these selected drug use statistics for easy reference during Lesson 4, Activity 3.

Drug Use Statistics

Lesson 4 Additional Ads

Lesson 4 Instructional Slides (2023)

Lesson 4 Teacher Manual (2023)

Lesson 4 Teacher Manual (2023) Spanish

Introduction to Pressures

Provides the first example of the modeling - practice - feedback strategy used throughout the curriculum; identifies social pressures to use drugs; and teaches resistance skills and facilitates saying 'no' in social situations.

Lesson 5 Instructional Slides (2023)

Lesson 5 Teacher Manual (2023)

Poster: Ways To Say "No"

Lesson 5 Teacher Manual (2023) Spanish

Video: Lindsey's Choice

Social Pressures to Use Substances

Identifies internal pressures to use drugs; and students discuss and practice resistance techniques for internal and external pressures.

Lesson 6 Pressure Scenarios (2023)

Lesson 6 Instructional Slides (2023)

Lesson 6 Teacher Manual (2023)

Poster: Pressures Inside Yourself

Lesson 6 Teacher Manual (2023) Spanish

Resisting Internal and External Pressures to Use Drugs

Facilitates practice of resisting external pressures to use drugs; presents additional ways to resist pressure; and encourages students to openly express feelings of being capable of resisting internal pressures.

Lesson 7 Instructional Slides (2023)

Lesson 7 Teacher Manual (2023)

Lesson 7 Teacher Manual (2023) Spanish

Video: Pot or Not

Practicing Resistance Skills

Explains the safe, legal use of prescription opioids, and other prescription drugs, and explains how misuse can become addictive or life-threatening; presents information on brain functioning and how to promote brain health; and provides students with resistance skills and self-efficacy to refuse and resist the misuse of prescription drugs.

Lesson 8 Prescription Opioids Fentanyl (2023) English

Be Safe Be Smart Guidelines for Prescription Pain Medications

Lesson 8 Instructional Slides (2023)

Lesson 8 Teacher Manual (2023)

Poster: Prescription Drugs Go Straight To Your Head

Lesson 8 Teacher Manual (2023) Spanish

Video: Let's Talk about Prescription Drugs

Safe, Legal Use of Prescription Medications and Risks of Misuse

Reinforces earlier lessons by reviewing resistance techniques and facilitating resistance practice; and introduces the concept of benefits from not using drugs.

Lesson 9 Instructional Slides (2023)

Lesson 9 Teacher Manual (2023)

Lesson 9 Teacher Manual (2023) Spanish

Review and Practice Resistance Techniques

Identifies why it is hard to quit vaping/smoking; offers techniques for quitting and changing general behavior.

Making Changes in My Life (2023)

Lesson 10 Instructional Slides (2023)

Lesson 10 Teacher Manual (2023)

Lesson 10 Teacher Manual (2023) Spanish

Video: Clearing the Air

Smoking and Vaping Cessation

Reviews and reinforces negative consequences of using drugs; motivates resistance by reviewing benefits of not using drugs; and elicits written commitments from students.

Lesson 11 Commitment Certificate

Lesson 11 Instructional Slides (2023)

Lesson 11 Teacher Manual (2023)

Lesson 11 Teacher Manual (2023) Spanish

Video: Saying "No" to Drugs

Benefits of Not Using Drugs

Re-introduces Project ALERT; reviews consequences of nicotine, marijuana, alcohol; reviews the safe use of prescription medications and risks of misuse; and reviews sources of pressure.

Test Your Drug IQ (2023) English

Test Your Drug IQ (2023) Spanish

Answers to Test Your Drug IQ (2023) English

Answers to Test Your Drug IQ (2023) Spanish

Booster Lesson 1 Teacher Manual (2023)

Booster Lesson 1 Instructional Slides (2023)

Booster Lesson 1 Teacher Manual (2023) SPANISH

Motivating Resistance to Drugs

Reviews concept of external and internal pressures; and students prepare and act out pressure skits.

Booster Lesson 2 Teacher Manual (2023)

Booster Lesson 2 Instructional Slides (2023)

Video: Paul's Fix

Booster Lesson 2 Teacher Manual (2023) SPANISH

Resisting External and Internal Pressures

Reviews the advantages of resistance and discusses how friends can help each other resist pressure.

Project ALERT Curriculum

Lesson 11: Benefits of Not Using Drugs