Project ALERT Curriculum
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Lesson 3: Consequences of Drinking Alcohol
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 Goals
- 1. Identify the similarities between using marijuana and alcohol
- 2. Increase students’ perception that drinking alcohol has serious consequences that can immediately affect their daily lives and social relationships
- 3. Motivate students to resist drinking alcohol by helping them identify the social, psychological, and physical consequences of consumption/use
- 4. Identify alternatives to drinking
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